Brogla, Billie

Billie Brogla, 84, of Oxford, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Mercy Hospice, Iowa City. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Cosgrove, by the Rev. Edmund Dunn and the Rev. Rich Adam. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service in Iowa City, with a rosary beginning at 4:45 p.m. and a parish wake service at 8 p.m. Visitation also will be held Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church. Billie chose to deed her body to the University of Iowa Deeded Body Program, with burial at a later date in St. Peter's Cemetery, Cosgrove.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be offered for Masses at St. Peter's in Cosgrove, Holy Trinity in Richmond, the Redemptorists Liguori Mission or the Catholic Church of your choice.

Billie was born Sept. 20, 1926, in Holbrook, Iowa, the daughter of William and Mamie (Jones) Clear. Growing up in Holbrook, Billie first worked as a telephone operator for Western Union in Chicago. She married Vernon Brogla on April 23, 1936, in Iowa City at St. Patrick Catholic Church.

The couple operated the family farm, better known as Roseview Farm. The core of Billie's passion was that of a homemaker, raising her family, and her Catholic faith. She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Altar & Rosary Society, and the American Angus Auxiliary.

Survivors include her husband, Vernon; children, Cheryl Brogla-Krupke of Bettendorf, Gerry Brogla (Marty) of Normal, Ill., and Geralyn McQuary (John) of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; sister, Kathleen Driscoll of Williamsburg; grandchildren, Mimi Clark (Adam), Gerard Krupke (Carrie), Lucy Brogla, Cindy Brogla, Garrett Brogla, Shannon McQuary (Amy), Bailey McQuary and Morgan McQuary; and a great-grandson, Caden Clark.

Billie was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Mary, Marguerite, Bonnie, Eileen and John; son, David; and a granddaughter, Whitney Krupke.

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