Esther Hogan

Obituary of sister, daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Esther Hogan.

Esther Ann Hogan, daughter of Ida (Walker) and Harry Symonds, was born December 26,1924 in Prescott Township, Adams County Iowa. She passed away peacefully March 30, 2025, at the age of 100 under the daily care of her six children, Accura HealthCare of Stanton and St. Croix Hospice.

Growing up in a farming family during the depression, Esther attended country school and graduated from Corning High School with the class of 1943. Following graduation, her dream was to train as a nurse, but her father encouraged her to teach country school, a two mile walk from their home. Later in life Esther became a nurse aide and worked at the Corning Nursing Home and County Farm.

She was united in marriage to Donald James Hogan of Corning, on August 18, 1947, at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Donald’s parents moved into Corning and Donald and Esther moved to his parent’s farm where they celebrated sixty-two years of marriage. Esther remained on the farm after Donald’s death until she moved to Accura HealthCare at the age of 96.

Throughout Esther’s life she was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, St. Patrick Alter Society, was an avid reader and enthusiastic advocate for the Corning Library and a passionate and competitive bridge player, a game she loved.

Esther was dearly loved and will be deeply missed by her survivors, including her six children Richard (Donna) Hogan of Corning, Iowa; daughter, Beth Hogan of Los Angeles, California; son, Patrick Hogan (Sherrie) of Clancy, Montana; daughter, Priscilla (Michael) Shaw of Carmel, Indiana; daughter, Jeanne (Bryan) Boswell of Loveland, Colorado; son, Jamie (Debbie) Hogan of Corning, Iowa; fifteen grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents Ida and Harry, her husband Donald Hogan, sister Dorothy Hegwood (Allie) and brothers Don, Walter (Geneva) and Harold (Doris) Symonds; her young sister Hazel; and a foster sister, Blanche; her daughter-in-law Debbie Hogan, one brother-in-law Allie Hegwood, sisters-in-law Geneva Symonds and Doris M. Symonds.