pFuneral services for Allan C. Bogardus, age 89 of Ogdensburg will be held at 4:00pm on Wednesday (March 30, 2016) at the Fox & Murray Funeral Home with Rev. Thomas Nichols officiating. Burial will be in the spring at Sunnyside Cemetery. /ppCalling hours will be held also on Wednesday from 3:00pm until the time of the funeral at the funeral home./ppSurviving is a brother Richard Bogardus of Hammond along with several nieces, nephews and many friends. His wife M. Lorraine Bogardus in 2015 and a brother James H. Bogardus Jr. in 1994 predeceased him./ppAllan was born on April 29, 1926 in Morristown NY, the oldest son of the late James & Pauline (Livingston) Bogardus. He graduated from Ogdensburg Free Academy in 1943 and enlisted in the Army where he served in Italy with the 10th Mountain Division, the 3rd Division Headquarters Artillery and was later transferred to the 88th Division before he returned to Morristown in 1946. /ppIn 1948 he purchased river from property and built three cottages which he rented until the property was sold to the Shelato Family in 2003. /ppIn 1950, Mr. Bogardus became a commercial sturgeon fisherman and regularly shipped sturgeon and caviar to the Fulton Fish Market in Brooklyn, NY. Later he ceased fishing sturgeon when they were placed on the endangered species list. He and his brother Richard formed Bogardus Brothers Electric Co., and later purchased the Smithers Hardware Store in Morristown which later burned. /ppOn June 21, 1969 he married Mabelle “Lorraine Brown. They were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Watertown with Rev. Jack Smiley officiating. He was a past member of the Morristown United Methodist Church, where he served on the Board of Trustees; The Galilee United Methodist Church serving on the Pastor Parish Relations Committee and was the former commander of the VFW Post 10515. He was also a member of the Black Lake Masonic Lodge No. 319, and was also recently chosen to participate in Mission 007 Honor Flight Syracuse honoring America’s Veterans for their many sacrifices with a ceremony to be held in Washington DC in April. /ppDonations may be sent to the Morristown Gateway Museum or a Charity of One’s Choice. Condolences can also be shared online at www.foxandmurrayfuneralhome.com./p
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