MHS Reunion regular Bob Cogar passes away

Robert Luther “Bob” Cogar, whose sister, Gladys Cogar Crandall, is a 1949 Monongah High grad, passed away Sunday, April 29.

I couldn’t find Bob in my graduation lists for Monongah High but Ramona Fullen Michalski, Class of 1949, said Bob came to the Monongah High Alumni Reunions with Gladys.

The dinner-dance reservation lists provided to me by MHS Alumni Association treasurer Donna Davis show that Bob signed the reservations sheets in 2005, Gladys in 2006 and Bob in 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014.

Gladys lived in Wildomar, California before predeceasing Bob. 

At Monongah High she was in the MHS band, school orchestra, Glee Club, Junior Red Cross treasurer and participated in the class basketball tournaments.

Bob’s other siblings were the late Ovlin Cogar, William S. Cogar and John Edward Cogar.

Bob’s obituary:

Robert Luther “Bob” Cogar, age 78, of Farmington, W.Va., passed away at Tygart Genesis Nursing Home, Sunday, April 29, 2018. He was born August 2, 1939, in Marion County, W.Va., a son of the late John E. and Lorraine D. (Cotter) Cogar.

Bob is survived by his loving wife, Dorothy (Toothman-Wright) Cogar of Farmington; four children, Deborah (Tom) McGinley of Cheektowaga, N.Y., Nancy (Brent) Wine of Gainesville, Ga., Barbara (Edward Arnold) Tytka of Amherst, N.Y., and Robert Lee Cogar of Cheektowaga, N.Y.; he was “PaPa” to his grandchildren, Christopher (Angela), Bryant (Caitlyn), Tom, Bradley, Danielle (Michael), Elizabeth, Melissa, and Alan; great-grandfather to Brenden, Colin and Jacqueline; many loving nieces and nephews; brother-in-law, Emerson Crandall of Hemet, Calif., and sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Charles and June Reno of Beaver Falls, Pa.

In addition to his parents, Bob was preceded in death by his loving wife of 43 years, Donna (Patterson) Cogar, and four siblings, Ovlin Cogar, William S. Cogar, John Edward Cogar and Gladys Cogar Crandall.

Bob served in the National Guard in the 1960′s. He owned and operated Cogie’s Pizza Palace in New Brighton, Pa. After driving truck for over 35 years, he retired from Yellow Freight in 2005. He was a longtime member of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in New Brighton. He was also a member of the Teverbaugh United Methodist Church in Parrish Run, W.Va. 

He enjoyed being a “snowbird” after his retirement with his wife Dorothy as they spent their winters in Florida and attended the Lighthouse Worship Center Church of God in Belleview, Fla.

Family and friends may call at MASTERS FUNERAL HOME, 209 Main St., Mannington, WV, on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, from 2 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at 11 a.m. 

Family and friends will meet on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park Cemetery, Daugherty Twp., for the committal service in the cemetery chapel. 

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.mastersfuneralhomewv.com