This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WHL44 Surnames: KOGLER, HITE, FEWLESS, CRANE, CHENEY Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/22711/mb.ashx Message Board Post: KOGLER, Candy Ann Died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at her mother's home in Augusta, Michigan surrounded by family and friends. Candy succumbed to breast cancer and had been treated by compassionate physicians in both Michigan and Arizona. Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan tended both Candy and her family during her last days. Candy was born to Carol Fewless (Hite) of Augusta and Robert Allen Kogler of Marion, Michigan on March 20, 1972 in Cadillac, Michigan. Candy's early childhood was spent in Marion and Cadillac. She attended Marion Elementary School, St. Ann's School in Cadillac, and Immaculate Conception School in Three Rivers, Michigan. She graduated from Portage Northern High School in 1990. She attended Davenport College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Kalamazoo Valley Community College. A road trip with a friend in 1994 took Candy to Seattle where she developed a love of the city and as Candy so often did, instantly decided to make her home there; developing a close network of friends and! co-workers. She worked initially, in a day care center and then in the computer industry. Her work in the area of setting up data centers led her to a year-long assignment in Berlin, Germany, where she immediately was taken by the beauty of that city. She had the pleasure of living in the home of a German family and enjoyed traveling throughout Europe. She relocated to Phoenix, Arizona, in 2006, to work as a mortgage lender with a group of brokers whom she had met in Seattle. Candy is survived by her mother, Carol Fewless (Hite) of Augusta; her father, Robert Allen Kogler of Marion, Michigan; grandfathers, Orlan Fewless of Kalamazoo and Joe Crane of Marion. Her grandmothers, Dorothy Fewless and Dorothy Crane, as well as her aunt, Sunday Fewless and cousin, Brian Cheney, preceded her in death. She is also survived by a large group of aunts, uncles, cousins and wonderful friends. At the request of the family, friends may call Friday, April 25th from 5 PM to 8 PM at the FARLEY, ESTES & DOWDLE AUGUSTA CHAPEL, 307 N. Webster St. (269)731-4212 The memorial service to celebrate Candy's life will be held 12 noon Saturday, April 26th at the Augusta Chapel with the Reverend Jan David DeWitt, Pastor of the New Hope Church of Richland, officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to: the American Cancer Society's 2008 Relay for Life of Gull Lake; Team, "Crazy Crusaders". Donations may be sent to: American Cancer Society, Attn: Emily Elliott (Team, Crazy Crusaders/Gull Lake Relay for Life), 5110 South Sprinkle Road, Portage, Michigan 49002 or online donations can be made to: http://Events.cancer.org/rflgulllakemi and choose Team "Crazy Crusaders". Personal messages for the family may be placed at www.farleyestesdowdle.com Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 4/24/2008. (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.