Frances Curtis Bogy

Frances Curtis Bogy, age 100, passed away on July 1, 2021, in Austin, Texas, with her family at her side. She was born Adah Frances Curtis in Hale County, Texas to Edward Hoyle Curtis and Lillian Amanda Burch on November 28, 1920. She grew up on a farm, the second youngest of 8 children. She graduated Valedictorian of her high school class, put herself through business school, and moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1943, where she worked as a bookkeeper for the Oil and Gas industry. In 1954, she married Louis T. Bogy, DPM, and they had 49 happy years together until his passing in 2004. She stayed in the home she and Louis built, at 100 Roundup Drive until she was almost 94, when she moved to Leander, Texas to live with her daughter Susan and her family. There she enjoyed meeting neighbors and walks in the neighborhood, time spent on the back porch watching nature, enjoying life with the family pets, and the many Sunday morning coffees, dinners, and movie nights, on which many classic films were played.

Frances was a remarkable woman. She moved to San Antonio so she could have a career, and she worked in the historic Milam Building, the first air-conditioned building in the country. She fell in love with San Antonio, and she carried it in her heart all her life. Growing up during The Great Depression, and being a young woman during World War II, greatly shaped her life and her values. She believed in helping people, and that no one should go hungry, and in the American ideals of Life, Liberty, and Justice for All. She disliked prejudice of any kind.

Frances immensely enjoyed her life with Louis. They both loved San Antonio and its celebrations, especially Fiesta. They held tickets to the River Parade for many years and welcomed friends and family to come and enjoy Hemisphere in 1968. They both developed a passion for genealogy, and spent many years and trips researching the history of their families. In 1989, Frances published a book on her family history, A Curtis Genealogy, after years of meticulous research. Frances had an incredible green thumb and loved to spend time working in her yard and enjoying her flowers. Both Frances and Louis were members of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and they liked to attend events there as well as talks at the Harry Ransom Center when they were in Austin. Most of all, Frances enjoyed her family. She loved having family close by as she aged, especially being a part of her granddaughters’ lives. She also welcomed Louis’s extended family as her own. She hosted The Bogy Family Thanksgiving, a family tradition beginning in 1970 until she “passed the torch” in 2017.

Frances was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Tol Bogy; parents, Edward and Lillian Curtis; siblings Ethel Curtis, Leo Allene Curtis, Harvey Hoyle Curtis, Edward Cecil Curtis, Carroll Bryan Curtis, Margaret Curtis Mayfield, and Willian Glenn Curtis (Vivian); and Louis’s siblings, whom she considered family. She is survived by a son, William Bogy, daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Ted Sutherland; granddaughters Kaylyn Bogy, and Arielle and Isabelle Sutherland; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and beloved friends.

Her family would like to thank Texas Home Health Hospice for their care, as well as Stonebridge Rehab, who took care of her the last few months. Special thanks go out to Dee, who made every day brighter.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the San Antonio Food Bank or the Central Texas Food bank, as both organizations were dear to her heart.