Celebration of Life services for Dorothy M. Vogtner will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, December 14, 2018 in the chapel of Pine Crest Funeral Home with Pastor Mike Hall of Dayspring Baptist Church, 2200 Cody Road South, Mobile, Alabama, 36695 officiating. Interment will immediately follow on the grounds of Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.
The family will receive guests for visitation Friday, December 14, 2018 from the hours of 9:00 AM until time of service at 11:00 AM at Pine Crest Funeral Home.
Dorothy M. Vogtner was welcomed into heaven one day after her 92nd birthday on December 10th. She left this world surrounded by those whom she loved and stepped into the company of loved ones who preceded her in death.
A native of Mobile, she was born on December 9, 1926 to Alfred Mandeville and Irene Mather Lewis. She was a graduate of Murphy High School and worked many years as an executive secretary. She married Joseph A. Vogtner, Jr. on April 1, 1947 and remained happily married for more than sixty years. She was a born again Christian and a charter member of the First Independent Methodist Church and was employed at the church for eleven years.
Dorothy (Dot) was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph, an infant son, Ronald, a brother, Alfred, sisters Irene, Ethel and Louise, and by her parents, Alfred and Irene Mandeville.
She is survived by her son, Robert (Gail) Vogtner, and three grandchildren, Jonathan Vogtner (Florida), Ashley Vogtner (Florida), and Andrea Vogtner (Nevada), step-grandchildren, Kelley (Kevin) Williamson and Jenny James, and Great-grandchildren, Dante and Juliet Vogtner. She had numerous nieces and nephews, but experienced a particularly loving relationship with Aiden McWhirter, a great-grandnephew, whom she came to love greatly. She also loved Alley, Oliver and Bella, the family pets.
The family wishes to express their appreciation for the loving care provided by Covenant Care Hospice and Visiting Angels, Cynthia and Crystal.
