Candy Ann Kogler

This memorial website was created to remember our dearest Candy Ann Kogler who was born in Cadillac Michigan on March 20, 1972 and passed away on April 22, 2008.

You will live forever in our memories and hearts.

Candy Ann Kogler

Candy Ann Kogler died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at her mother's home in Augusta, Michigan surrounded by family and friends.  Candy succumbed to breast cancer and had been treated by compassionate physicians in both Michigan and Arizona.  Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan tended both Candy and her family during her last days. 

Candy was born to Carol Fewless (Hite), of Augusta and Robert Allen Kogler, of Marion, Michigan on March 20, 1972 in Cadillac, Michigan.  Candy's early childhood was spent in Marion and Cadillac.  She attended Marion Elementary School, St. Ann's School in Cadillac, and Immaculate Conception School in Three Rivers, Michigan.  She graduated from Portage Northern High School in 1990.  She attended Davenport College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Kalamazoo Valley Community College.

A road trip with a friend in 1994 took Candy to Seattle where she developed a love of the city and as Candy so often did, instantly decided to make her home there; developing a close network of friends and co-workers.  She worked initially, in a day care center and then in the computer industry.  Her work in the area of setting up data centers led her to a year-long assignment in Berlin, Germany, where she immediately was taken by the beauty of that city. She had the pleasure of living in the home of a German family and enjoyed traveling throughout Europe. She relocated to Phoenix, Arizona in 2006 to work as a Mortgage lender with a group of brokers whom she had met in Seattle. 

Candy is survived by her mother, Carol Fewless (Hite), of Augusta; her father, Robert Allen Kogler, of Marion, Michigan;  Grandfathers, Orlan Fewless, of Kalamazoo and Joe Crane of Marion.  Her Grandmothers, Dorothy Fewless and Dorothy Crane, as well as her Aunt, Sunday Fewless and Cousin, Brian Cheney preceded her in death.  She is also survived by a large group of aunts, uncles, cousins, and wonderful friends. 

At the request of the family, friends may call Friday, April 25th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Farley-Estes & Dowdle Augusta Chapel, 307 N. Webster Street, Augusta, MI 269-731-4212. The memorial service to celebrate Candy's life will be held 12:00 noon Saturday, April 26th at the Augusta Chapel with the Reverend Jan David DeWitt, Pastor of the New Hope Church of Richland, officiating.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society's 2008 Relay for Life of Gull Lake; Team, "Crazy Crusaders."  Donations may be sent to: American Cancer Society, Attn:  Emily Elliott (Team, Crazy Crusaders/Gull Lake Relay for Life), 5110 South Sprinkle Road, Portage, Michigan 49002; or Online Donations can be made to: http://Events.cancer.org/rflgulllakemi , and choose Team "Crazy Crusaders"

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And if I go, while you're still here.......

Know that I still live on,

vibrating to a different measure

behind a thin veil

you cannot see through.

You will not see me,

so you must have faith.

I wait the time

when we can soar together again,

both aware of each other.

Until then, live your life to the fullest.

And when you need me,

just whisper my name in your heart,

.............I will be there.