We are sad to announce that on June 18, 2023 we had to say goodbye to Ruth Marie Vogel of Jacob, Illinois. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Fred Rathjen and Marie Rathjen (Zerbst); her husband Charles Frederick Vogel; her son Lyle Vogel; and her brother Erwin Rathjen (Freddie).

She is survived by : her children, Larry Vogel of Murphysboro, IL and Connie Mattingly (Charles) of Perryville, MO; her grandchildren, Charles C. Mattingly (Misty), Christina Paisley (Eric), Corinne Vogel (Stephanie) and Benjamin Vogel; her stepgranddaughter Nichole Smelter; her brother Oliver Rathjen of Murphysboro, IL; and her siblings-in-law, Juanita Hollmann (Raymond) of Fairview Heights, IL and Harold Vogel (Ernsting) of Atlanta, GA. She is also survived by her nine great grandchildren, seven step-great grandchildren, six step-great great grandchildren.

Memorials may be given to Christ Lutheran Church or Christ Lutheran Cemetery, c/o Wilson's Funeral Home, PO Box 277, Ava, IL, 62907.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Wilson Funeral Home