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Coralie Ann "Corky" Bogard
Bogard, Coralie Ann "Corky". Voted by her family as sensational wife and mother, Coralie Ann "Corky" Bogard was born on 6 May 1929 and died on July 30, 2008. Corky was the daughter of Rodney Lewis and Elaine Betts of Akron, Ohio, and the sister of Thomas Lewis. She was a Delta Gamma and attended the University of Akron graduating with a Bachelors of Arts in English. Corky married James Ryan and moved to Bakersfield,California and then to Menlo Park and then Hawaii for a year and then back to Northern California. Four years after a divorce, Corky met and then married John Bogard and they moved to Corona del Mar in 1970. John was working for JPL,and after 10 years, they ran a business importing Oriental art and traveled extensively in England, Greece, Italy, Japan and Hong Kong. She contracted brain cancer in 2004 but recovered through surgery and chemotherapy by 2006. Corky is survived by her loving husband, John; her three children, Kim, Mark and Tim Ryan; her two step-daughters, Christine and Pamela Bogard; as well as three grandchildren, Shannon, Dillon and Riley. She brought joy and laughter to all who knew her. She will be missed.
Published in Orange County Register from August 4 to August 5, 2008