Patrick Vogel

VOGEL, PATRICK HERMAN, born, February 3, 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, passed away in the early morning hours of February 21, 2014, peacefully at home in Louisville, Tennessee. He attended E. W. Grove High School in Paris, Tennessee, and graduated from Henry County High School. His high school career was one of academic and athletic distinction. Some of his high school records remain unbroken. Pat was a graduate of the University of Tennessee where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. He worked for several years in Knoxville restaurants before moving to Dallas, Texas to enter the wine and spirits industry. For the great majority of his career he was the president of state operations for National Distributing Company, in New Mexico, Colorado and Maryland. Pat retired early, and he and his wife Mandy moved back to East Tennessee to their home on Fort Loudon Lake in Blount County. Pat was the loving son of the late Herman Lentz Vogel, known as Bunny, and Caroline Carothers Vogel of Paris, Tennessee. Until his passing, he remained devoted to their memory and the gifts and lessons of life they so effortlessly bestowed. Pat leaves his dedicated, loving and devoted wife of 32 years Mary Amanda (Mandy) Richards Vogel; his son Matthew Lentz Vogel of Denver, CO; his son Patrick Maxmillian Vogel of Boston, MA; his dear daughter-in-law Katherine Pickett Vogel of Boston, and his magical granddaughter Elizabeth Jacqueline Vogel also of Boston; his dear mother-in-law, Mary Dean Richards Laird of Louisville, TN; sister-in-law, Marta Alison Richards of Baton Rouge, LA; his brother, Howard H. Vogel; sister-in-law, Lynn Massey Vogel, and several nieces and nephews: Richard and Stephanie Massony of Arlington, VA; Patrick Alexander and Kellie Polinski Vogel of Knoxville, TN; Anna Kathryn and Dixon Hart Greenwood of Knoxville, TN; and Caroline Carothers Vogel of Knoxville, TN. He leaves many more loving family members and friends. A memorial service to celebrate the life of Pat will be held Saturday, March 1, 2014, 1:00 p.m., at the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan, Knoxville, TN, with the Reverend Taylor W. Dinsmore, officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to The Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan, 425 Cedar Bluff Rd., Knoxville, TN, 37923; Grace Epsicopal Church, 103 S. Poplar Street, Paris, TN, 38242; or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105.

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Patrick Vogel

February 3, 1952 - February 21, 2014