Class of 1923
Josephine Vogel, born August 29, 1897, was the daughter of Kasper/Casper J. and Adelinda (Pfaff) Vogel, both born in Germany. Adelinda's maiden name has not been confirmed. The name "Pfaff" is listed on the genealogy page of a descendant, Jim Ott.
According to census records, Kasper/Casper and Adelinda immigrated separately to the United States in the early 1880s. At the time of the 1900 census of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, they had been married for 13 years. They lived on Grant Avenue in Millvale, and Kasper owned a Butcher Shop.
By 1910, Adelinda had given birth to 14 children, 9 of whom were living. The names of the children, gleaned from the 1900 and 1910 census records, are: Clement J., Anna M., Bertha F., Adelinda A., John A., Emma M., Josephine Anna, Gulius E., and George R.
Kasper and his wife, Adelinda, were deceased before the census of 1930. Living in the Grant Avenue home was George, 23, the head of the household, with $2000 in property and no occupation. Adalinda A., 33, and Josephine, 29, were both Registered Nurses at a hospital. Their sister, Emma, 31, had no occupation.
Josephine died in July 1972, at which time her obituary, shown below, indicated that she, Adelinda and Emma had never married. Adelinda, born July 29, 1893, died in May 1985.
Josephine and Adelinda Vogel graduated from the school of nursing in 1923. Another "Adelinda" graduated in the Class of 1961. Adelinda C. Ader was the granddaughter of Josephine and Adelinda Vogel's sister, Anna Marie, who married Joseph Ott in 1908. Their daughter, Adelinda Catherine Ott, married Louis J. Ader, and their daughter was the 1961 graduate.
OBITUARY
North Hills News Record (PA) - 22 July 1972
Services will be held today, Saturday, for Josephine A. Vogel, 464 North Ave., Millvale. She was 74. [Note: Born Aug 29, 1897.]
Miss Vogel was a retired science teacher at Columbia Hospital School of Nursing in Wilkinsburg.
She is survived by four sisters: Mrs. Anna Marie Ott, 877 Reserve St., Millvale; Sr. M. Adelina Vogel, O.S.F., Mount Alvernia Convent, Millvale; Adelinda and Emma Marie Vogel, both of 464 Reserve St. Millvale.
She was a member of the St. Anthony's Christian Mothers Society of Millvale.