Brigadier Barbara J. Vogelgesang, 93, passed away Monday, September 21, 2014. Services will be at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 30, at the Salvation Army Citadel, 1225 Interstate 35, Waco, Texas, with Major Bradley Caldwell officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, September 29, at OakCrest Funeral Home. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois.
Barbara was born in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Arthur G. and Frances L. (Blessing) Vogelgesang. She graduated from Huron High School, Huron, Sough Dakota. Barbara was ordained as a minister (officer) of the Salvation Army in June of 1941. This was followed with several pastoral appointments and related ministries in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, and Indiana. On June 20, 1960, Barbara joined the Central Territory Correctional Services staff at the Territorial Headquarters in Chicago. She was responsible for the Bible correspondence courses that are sent to prisoners throughout U.S. and Canada. She was The Salvation Army Chaplain at Cook County Jail, where she also revised the Bible courses.
In the fall of 1971, Barbara was appointed to Southern Illinois University Technological School from which she received a degree in Corrections and Law Enforcement. The appointment was extended and she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in the Administration of Justice. Following graduation, she was appointed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as Divisional Director of Corrections; later she was transferred to Kansas City, Missouri, where she filled a similar position.
Barbara's ministry covered the Federal prison for men in Leavenworth, Kansas, the Disciplinary Barracks for military offenders in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Kansas State Prisons for men and women in Lansing, Kansas. In 1983, she retired from The Salvation Army to take a position as the Protestant Chaplain for the State of Texas in the Gatesville unit at Gatesville. Barbara left this service in 1986, but continued as a substitute teacher in the prison school system until she reached the age of 75.
Desiring to be near The Salvation Army Church, Barbara moved to Waco in 2000. She was a member of the Texas Association of Retired Officers and a Fellow in the College of Fellows of the American Protestant Correctional Chaplains Association, Inc.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/28/2014...N16
Barbara was born in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Arthur G. and Frances L. (Blessing) Vogelgesang. She graduated from Huron High School, Huron, Sough Dakota. Barbara was ordained as a minister (officer) of the Salvation Army in June of 1941. This was followed with several pastoral appointments and related ministries in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, and Indiana. On June 20, 1960, Barbara joined the Central Territory Correctional Services staff at the Territorial Headquarters in Chicago. She was responsible for the Bible correspondence courses that are sent to prisoners throughout U.S. and Canada. She was The Salvation Army Chaplain at Cook County Jail, where she also revised the Bible courses.
In the fall of 1971, Barbara was appointed to Southern Illinois University Technological School from which she received a degree in Corrections and Law Enforcement. The appointment was extended and she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in the Administration of Justice. Following graduation, she was appointed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as Divisional Director of Corrections; later she was transferred to Kansas City, Missouri, where she filled a similar position.
Barbara's ministry covered the Federal prison for men in Leavenworth, Kansas, the Disciplinary Barracks for military offenders in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Kansas State Prisons for men and women in Lansing, Kansas. In 1983, she retired from The Salvation Army to take a position as the Protestant Chaplain for the State of Texas in the Gatesville unit at Gatesville. Barbara left this service in 1986, but continued as a substitute teacher in the prison school system until she reached the age of 75.
Desiring to be near The Salvation Army Church, Barbara moved to Waco in 2000. She was a member of the Texas Association of Retired Officers and a Fellow in the College of Fellows of the American Protestant Correctional Chaplains Association, Inc.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/28/2014...N16
Brigadier Barbara J. Vogelgesang, 93, passed away Monday, September 21, 2014. Services will be at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 30, at the Salvation Army Citadel, 1225 Interstate 35, Waco, Texas, with Major Bradley Caldwell officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, September 29, at OakCrest Funeral Home. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois.
Barbara was born in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Arthur G. and Frances L. (Blessing) Vogelgesang. She graduated from Huron High School, Huron, Sough Dakota. Barbara was ordained as a minister (officer) of the Salvation Army in June of 1941. This was followed with several pastoral appointments and related ministries in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, and Indiana. On June 20, 1960, Barbara joined the Central Territory Correctional Services staff at the Territorial Headquarters in Chicago. She was responsible for the Bible correspondence courses that are sent to prisoners throughout U.S. and Canada. She was The Salvation Army Chaplain at Cook County Jail, where she also revised the Bible courses.
In the fall of 1971, Barbara was appointed to Southern Illinois University Technological School from which she received a degree in Corrections and Law Enforcement. The appointment was extended and she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in the Administration of Justice. Following graduation, she was appointed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as Divisional Director of Corrections; later she was transferred to Kansas City, Missouri, where she filled a similar position.
Barbara's ministry covered the Federal prison for men in Leavenworth, Kansas, the Disciplinary Barracks for military offenders in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Kansas State Prisons for men and women in Lansing, Kansas. In 1983, she retired from The Salvation Army to take a position as the Protestant Chaplain for the State of Texas in the Gatesville unit at Gatesville. Barbara left this service in 1986, but continued as a substitute teacher in the prison school system until she reached the age of 75.
Desiring to be near The Salvation Army Church, Barbara moved to Waco in 2000. She was a member of the Texas Association of Retired Officers and a Fellow in the College of Fellows of the American Protestant Correctional Chaplains Association, Inc.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/28/2014...N16
Barbara was born in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Arthur G. and Frances L. (Blessing) Vogelgesang. She graduated from Huron High School, Huron, Sough Dakota. Barbara was ordained as a minister (officer) of the Salvation Army in June of 1941. This was followed with several pastoral appointments and related ministries in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, and Indiana. On June 20, 1960, Barbara joined the Central Territory Correctional Services staff at the Territorial Headquarters in Chicago. She was responsible for the Bible correspondence courses that are sent to prisoners throughout U.S. and Canada. She was The Salvation Army Chaplain at Cook County Jail, where she also revised the Bible courses.
In the fall of 1971, Barbara was appointed to Southern Illinois University Technological School from which she received a degree in Corrections and Law Enforcement. The appointment was extended and she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in the Administration of Justice. Following graduation, she was appointed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as Divisional Director of Corrections; later she was transferred to Kansas City, Missouri, where she filled a similar position.
Barbara's ministry covered the Federal prison for men in Leavenworth, Kansas, the Disciplinary Barracks for military offenders in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Kansas State Prisons for men and women in Lansing, Kansas. In 1983, she retired from The Salvation Army to take a position as the Protestant Chaplain for the State of Texas in the Gatesville unit at Gatesville. Barbara left this service in 1986, but continued as a substitute teacher in the prison school system until she reached the age of 75.
Desiring to be near The Salvation Army Church, Barbara moved to Waco in 2000. She was a member of the Texas Association of Retired Officers and a Fellow in the College of Fellows of the American Protestant Correctional Chaplains Association, Inc.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/28/2014...N16
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