DRACUT - Alexander F. Ogonowski, 95, a longtime resident of Dracut, died peacefully on June 2, 2015.

He was the loving husband of Theresa (Dawidowicz) Ogonowski with whom he recently celebrated 67 years of marriage.

Alexander was born in Dracut the son of Jan and Apolonia (Jakubczyk) Ogonowski. Alexander received his early education in a one-room schoolhouse in East Dracut. He graduated from Dracut High School, class of 1939. He attended the Massachusetts School of Agriculture (now the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Stockbridge School of Agriculture) and graduated in 1942 where he received a degree in Animal Science In college he was a member of Alpha Tau Gamma fraternity. Immediately after college, he joined the Army Air Corps and served as a B-17 bomber crew member. He was honorably discharged after WWll ended.

Active in the agricultural community, he was a member of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau and served on the Board of Directors for many years. He owned and operated one of the largest farms in Dracut where he could be seen on his tractor until last summer. Active in many fraternal organizations, he was on the Board of Directors for the James Underwood Crockett Foundation. He was a member of the Dracut Grange # 216, Dracut Historical Society, Dracut American Legion Post 315, the Polish American Veterans of Lowell, and the Holy Trinity Polish Catholic Church of Lowell which was founded by his late uncle Monsignor Ogonowski.

Alexander was employed by Standard Oil of NJ (now Exxon Mobil) for 39 years. After retiring he enjoyed travelling, particularly to visit his children and to attend the annual American Farm Bureau conventions. Alexander loved his family, his country, his farm and his community. He will be deeply missed by all of the lives he touched.

Alexander is survived by his wife, Theresa; daughters, LT Col Dolores Quigley, USAF (ret) and her husband, LT Col Hale Quigley, USAF (ret) of Pensacola, FL; and daughter, Carol Ogonowski of Dracut; sons, LT Col James Ogonowski, USAF (ret) and his wife, Kathleen of Dracut; and son, Joseph Ogonowski and his wife, Inez of Newport, MI; a daughter-in-law, Margaret Ogonowski Hatch of Dracut, and a brother, Albert S. Ogonowski, DDS of Dracut. Alexander also leaves eight grandchildren Christine, Laura, Charles, Caroline, Catherine, Mary, Alexander, and Alanna; five great-grandchildren, Mackenzie, James, Amelia, Sarah, and Harrison; and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his son, Captain John Ogonowski, pilot of American Airlines Flight 11 on Sept 11, 2001, and sisters, Mary Swerchesky, Rose Panek and Helen Ogonowski and brothers Walter, Frank and Stanley.

Published in Lowell Sun on June 6, 2015