Robert P. Hogan, 96

Robert P. Hogan, 96, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, at the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls. Robert was a native of Iowa, where he had been in newspaper and public relations work for many years. In 1980 he and his wife Helen retired and moved to Kingston, Wash. In 1992 they moved to Buffalo Hill Terrace, a retirement community in Kalispell. Helen passed away in 2005 and Bob moved to the Montana Veterans Home. Bob was born in Anamosa, Iowa, on March 23, 1914, to Dr. and Mrs. M.F. Hogan. The family moved to Monticello, Iowa, in 1915, where his father practiced dentistry and was postmaster. Bob was a graduate of Sacred Heart School, Monticello, attended Lenox Junior College in Hopkinton, Iowa, and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1938. Bob held reporting and editing assignments on the Daily Iowan and the Press-Citizen in Iowa City and the Cedar Rapids Gazette, and was news director and political reporter for the Iowa Daily Press Association in Des Moines. During the latter period he covered state politics for 39 daily papers in Iowa, including three national political conventions. Bob and his wife, the former Helen Dankel, of Seattle, were married in Cedar Rapids on May 8, 1946. They met at the Sandpoint U.S. Naval Air Station in Seattle, when he returned from duty in the South Pacific. Bob enlisted in the Navy and retired as a Navy lieutenant. Helen was a civilian employee of the Naval Air Station throughout World War II. Bob was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; and three sisters, Jean, Kathleen and Rose Ann. He is survived by his sons, Mark S. Hogan and wife, Jeanne, and their children, Stephanie and Geoffrey, of Kalispell; and Kenneth R. Hogan and wife, Lynn, and their son, Jake and his wife, Keri, of Boulder, Colo.; and several nieces and nephews. There will be a private memorial service following cremation. Memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Home, 185 Crestline Ave., Kalispell, MT 59901; St. Matthew s Catholic Church, 601 Sixth Ave., Kalispell, MT 59901; or the charity of the donor s choice. Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for Bob s family. You are invited to www.jgfuneralhome.com to view Bob s tribute wall and offer condolences.