It is with Deepest Regret that we announce the passing of 76 year member Charlie Bogel on February 12, 2008. Charlie was 96 years old and life member of the department.
Son of Charles Henry Bogel and Sophia Maria Rebecca Jurgens, husband of Marjorie Belfrage Stevens, daughter of Arthur Wilbur Stevens and Isabella MacGibbon, whom he married on October 12, 1935, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, and father of Nancy S. (married John Brackett), Barbara (married Ackerman) and Dorothy Bogel (married Calvin Early).Obituary - Charles H.J. Bogel, 95, of Bayport, died on Monday, February 11, 2008, at his residence. A resident of Bayport for more than 90 years, Mr. Bogel owned and operated C. Bogel Real Estate and Insurance Company in Sayville. Mr. Bogel was also a longtime member of the Bayport Board of Education and served as clerk for 10 years as well as past president for the Bayport High School Association. He was a charter member of the Bayport Lions Club, a Sayville Rotary member for over 40 years, and named a Paul Harris Fellow, Mr. Bogel was a life member of the Bayport Fire Department, a board of director's member for Camp Eddy, and was instrumental in the formation of Bayport Memorial Park. He was also a charter member and 2nd Commodore of the Wet Pants Association and Sayville Yacht Club. He was also involved with the Long Island Board of Realtors, the Islip Town Industrial Board, the Suffolk County Planning Board, and served as a Justice of the peace for the town of Islip from 1952-1954. He was an avid golfer and sailor, and known to all as a true gentleman, with his bowtie and the tipping of his Greek sailor cap. Charles was a loving and devoted father to his daughters, Nancy and her husband, Dr. John Brackett, of Connecticut, Barbara Ackermann of Mattituck and Dorothy and her husband, Dr. Calvin Early of Maryland. He is survived by his grandchildren, Erica Duffy, Stefan Ackermann, Dr. Charlie Brackett, Robert Brackett, Jennifer Brackett, Deborah Gracy, Nicky: Cacciaupoti and Kevin Early; 18 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews, Arthur, Chris, George, Sue and Ann, Charles was predeceased by his loving wife, Marjorie Stevens Bogel; his sister, Margaret Frieman; and his parents, Charles and Sofie Bogel.
