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The Evangelical-Messenger
R EV. A. E. BOGEN
Adolph Edward Bo~;en was born Au ~; . 20,
185 G, on b onr d a s tea mer e n ro ute fro m O c r ·
mnny to A m e r lcn, whic h w n.s carry ing his
pare nts who, with othe rs . w e re seek ing n n e w
homo In the la nd or o p po rtunit y.
Th ey made
t hei r home for a s h ort time In New York City
but In ter m oved t o Wate rloo Co.. Ontario,
Cnnndn, whe re h e nt tended sch ool a nd ,;re w to
you n g manhood. A t the a~;e ot tif teen he was
thrown upon his own resources nnd with unu s ual abil ity a nd ambition, for ono of his a~;e ,
h e mad e his o wn way In th o wo rld fro m tha t
time forward .
Oct. 24, 1 874, h e married Miss Caroline Gabe l,
ot S t. Jacobs , Ontnrlo, wh o s hare d w ith h im
life's to lls, trl n ls and trium p hs f o\ fo r ty-fo ur
y e ars.
E l~;ht c hild re n ca m e to ~; l adde n their
h o me, two of who m die d In Infancy a nd a s on
n ev. A . E.
Bo~;cn
at th e a~;e of tltteen.
ll!rs. B ogen was a d e ·
vote d mother a nd h e l pe r In tho worlc of the
c hurc h, and It was In tho churc h that s he wn.s
s udde nl y stricken and pa ssed pe a cefull y to her
S a.vJo ur, f ro m Dumo nt, Iowa.
Sept. 19, 1918, B ro. Bogen m a rrletl E mma B.
Hedln~;er, of Cornin g , Io wn, w ho la bo red faith·
fu lly with him In his lnst three p as torates, s u p p le m e nting his e ffort s effic iently a nd e rrectlve ly .
S h e lo ving ly and d evote dly m i nis te r e d to h is
n eeds In his Ill ness of tho p as t year. Thoug h In
falling h ealth f o r some time It was only durin g
the pas t winte r th n t h e w as brought fa ce to
rac e w ith the seri o usness of his ailme nt. A t
times his life was d espai r e d of, bu t again and
a gain h e r egained a measu re of str eng th that
broug ht n e w h o po a nd courage. J us t tho wee k
pre vio us to h is deat h h e w as a ble to attend tho
a nn ual assem bly of the I o wa Confe r e nce a nd
g roat his man y !•·lends a m o ng tho mi n ist e rs a ncl
form e r parls hlo n c rs. C h e erf ully h e assure d a ll
that h e was d oing tlne. Afte r a ser ious attaclc
of h eart troub le o n Sunday nig ht he rn llle d o nce
m o re b ut was una ble to wit h stand t h e s t rai n of
r epeated attacks and so t h e weary p llgrlm a nd
soldier of the C•·oss passed peacefully to h is r est
S ept, 1, 1930, at t h o age of 74 years a nd 12 days.
B r o. B ogen was converted a t the ago or
e ig hteen.
In 1880 h e m o ved wi th h is f amil y
from S t . .Ja c oba, Ont .. to Io nia, Mic h., whe re h e
e n ga ged In bus iness.
It was h e •·o t hat h e
tlna lly y ie lded to t ho call of the ministr y a nd
t h e cong regation of ou r c h u rch a t t hat place
gave hi m a r ecommen datio n t o preach. He was
lice n sed to preach by the Mich lgan Con fer e nce,
o.n cl w as received as n prencher on p ro ba tio n In
1884. H e was o r dai n ed deacon In 1886 a nd r eceived his e lde r's o rders In 1888. A f ter ser vi ng
the Mic higan Confe re n ce eight Years h e w ns
tra ns f e rre d to th o B •·lo Conference w h or e b e
served seven years. H e e ntered tho ro wa Confer e nce In 1904 r emain ing two year s w ithou t a n
appol ntme nt, wh ile carl ng tor a n Invalid
mo the r.
Attar h e r d eath he tool< a n appol ntm e nt a nd ser ved the fo llowi ng tlelds: L e Mars,
1 year ; La ns ing, 3 years; D ub uq u e, 1 year;
A lta Vista, 4 y ear s, D umont, 2 years; Ross, 1
y ear; S tanto n , 3 year s; Ft. D od ge, 5 y ears ; Aredale , 8 years; Dunke rto n, 2 yea rs.
H e was a m os t earnest a nd e n t h us lastlc
p r eacher of th e gospel. His l on g mi nistry or
n early a halt century was fruitfu l In the savIn g or souls a nd t h e build ing up or the
c h u rc h In v i tal g od liness.
His a bilit y lUI a
p as tor-evangelist was above t he ordinary, a n d
In h is you n ger d ays h e wn.s frequently called
upo n to a ssis t his brothe r pas tors In their
e vangelistic m eetings.
He retained his evan·
g ells tlc passion to th e lns t and was a faithful
pasto r.
Sun·lvlng are h is d evoted wi re, 2 s ons , 3
da u~;ht e rs, 6 g randc hildren. a g r eat-g randchild,
and 3 brothe rs.
Fune ral ser vices were h e ld In our First
Churc h, Cedar F a lls, I o wa, In charge o r Presld·
lng Elders J. A. Haehlen, who preached t he
sermon, a ssis ted by Presidin g E lde rs J. H.
Elng cl and
F . R. B laltely, and R e v. 0. M.
Yaggy.
A m a le q uarte t c o ns is ting of R ev. G.
P . Cawcltl, J . H. Engel, H. J. Faus t a nd P. ,V,
P f altzg ratr, furni s h e d the music.
Thlrty-tlve
min ist e rs o f th o c onference w e re p resent, six
or who m ser\"e d ns pn 11 be are rs. The body wa.s
the n tn.k e n to Lc Ma rs whe re n scn ·tco was
h e ld ln our Hildre th l\!emorla l Chur c h In
c h a rg e ot Presiding E ld e r G. L. B e r~;e m a n. who
preache d tho sermon and was a s sis te d by R e vs.
R. H. Aurand , .J. A urac h e r and A . L. Walke r.
(A numbe r o r m inis t e rs o r the distr ict w e re
a lso present.)
Forme r paris hioners fro m our
S tnnto n Churc h, whic h h o served y e a rs ns-o,
scn ·ed n s pall bea rers. Interm e n t w n s mndc
In t he Le Mars Ce m e t e r y .
0 . :\!. Yasgy.
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E-EVANGELICAL CHURCH
IOWA CONFE RENCE-CEDAR FALLS D I STRIC T
J. A. H AE HLEN .
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804 CLAY STREET
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r::.y uear Brothe r .Ia tson; Your lines of inquiry concern ing da t a on t he life
a nd l a bors of Bro . A. E. Bog en, a re at ha nd , 3i nce you do not
particul a rize I am a t a bit of a lo ::; s t o kn ow j u s t Vv'hn t informa
tio n you desire. I submit n few items , g iven more or le ::; s a t
random , bro~u ght tog ethe r from sources a t my disp osal an d if
you desire furth e r de t a ils you may add ress his widow, Krs A. E.
Bogen,
1439 .:5a st ? 8 4th St. ,
Ka ns a s City, lio .
Da ta;
Born , Aug . ~0, 18 56 on bo ard a ste amer enroute
fro m Germa ny t o America .
Ma rr i ed Oct 24, 18 ?4 t o 1lis s Ca roline Ga bel,
St J a cobs Ont . His wife pa s sed awa y a t Dumont Io wa in 1916•.
He l a ter married Mis s Emma Heding e r of Corning,
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Licensed to pre a ch in 1884 by t he Mich Conference.
He pre a ched in the Mich, Confe rence 8 yea rs a nd then tra nsferred
t o the ~ ri e Conference a nd in 1904 entered the a cti v e r a nks of the
Iowa Conference.
Ordained dea con in .188 6 and e l der 1888. Ye a rs of
a ctive service 41 •
./i th a ll g ood wishe s I am,
~r a terna lly
yours,
P. s . He seems to have p re a ched in t he ~r i e Conf only a bou t seven
yea rs. ihe intervening yea rs s eem una ccounted for exce p tin g tha t
I happen to know thea. t for some ti me he wa s i n Le 1la r s, Iowa a s so
ci a ted with his brothe r i n t he monu me nt busines s.
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