Marguerite Ohrt Fogo
September 27, 1926 - April 28, 2008

Marguerite Ohrt WEST BRANCH, Iowa - Marguerite Ohrt Fogo, 81, of West Branch died Monday April 28, 2008, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral Service will be 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2008, at the West Branch United Methodist Church. Burial will be at the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Memorials may be made to the West Branch First Responders. Mrs. Ohrt was born September 27, 1926, in Cedar County the daughter of Orville and Bertha Reed Taylor. She married William Ohrt on November 29, 1941, he died in 1976. She later married William Fogo on June 2, 1978, he died in 1997. She and her husband William Ohrt had owned and operated the Hoover Caf�'© and Hotel in West Branch for several years and also was employed at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in the dietary Department. She was a member of the West Branch United Methodist Church, Moose Lodge in Iowa City and enjoyed the coffee club at Bruster's and playing bingo. She is survived by three daughters, Nancy Johnson and husband, Terry, of Iowa City, Carol Hills and husband, Ron, of Tipton and Sandy Bell and husband, Larry, of West Branch; a son, Robert Ohrt and wife, Judy, of Tipton; grandchildren, Tammy Bouzek and husband, Rick, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, David Johnson and wife, Deb, of Solon, Michelle Wolfram and husband, Jeff, of Iowa City, Rodney Ohrt and wife, Deb, of Stanwood, Tracy Stotler and husband, Terry, of Solon, Amanda Ohrt of Cedar Rapids, Curtiss Hills of Ocala, Florida, Douglas Hills and wife, Rachel, of Iowa City, Matthew Hills of West Branch, Dustin Hills of Iowa City, Darcy Wall and husband, Scot, of Magnolia, Texas, Danyel Glazebrook and husband, Brady, of Bettendorf and Rande Ladehoff and husband, Devin, of North Liberty; 30 great-grandchildren and two brothers, Ted Taylor of Wilton and Bob Taylor and wife, Marian, of West Liberty. She is preceded in death by her husbands, William Ohrt and William Fogo, two sisters, Gladys Taylor and Lucy Anderson, and one great-grandson, Colton Johnson.

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