BRUCE BOGLE

BLOOMFIELD.  BRUCE BOGLE, age 72 of Bloomfield died September 2, 2007 at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield, Iowa.  He was born June 20, 1935 in Davis County, Iowa to Clarence and Virgie Farley Bogle.  He married Rochelle Rodgers on November 13, 1954 in Bloomfield.  They were later divorced.  He graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1953.  Bruce was a longtime businessman starting out at Hawkeye Hardware learning television repair and antennae installation.  He later opened his own business in the back of Western Auto in 1957 and continued expanding into television, stereo and furniture sales and later moving to his present location adding his carpet and flooring, for a total of fifty years in business.  Bruce was a trophy trap shooter, avid hunter, fisherman and golfer.  He was a longtime member of the Izaak Walton and Bloomfield Country Club. 

Bruce is survived by two daughters  Teri Lyn Rendon and her husband Luis of Brownsville, Texas,  Tonya Redding of Des Moines, Iowa and one son Brent Bogle of Des Moines, Iowa; 2 grandchildren  Luis Rendon and Ella Rendon of Brownsville, Texas;  longtime companion  Jane Stevenson and 3 granddaughters  Sydney, Sophie and Sadie Spargur;  2 brothers Dale (Joyce) Bogle of Bloomfield, Iowa and Gale (Linda) Bogle of Agency, Iowa and 4 sisters  Shirley (Dick) Chapman of Ottumwa, Iowa, Carolyn (Martin) Shook of Bloomfield, Iowa, Lynn (Brad) Brobisky of Austin, Texas and Rosalind Cole of Thurmond, North Carolina.

Bruce was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents and 2 brothers Thomas Edward and Davey Lee Bogle.