Sarah Catherine “Katie” Ogan, 86, of Noblesville, Indiana, formerly of Wabash, Indiana died at 6:50 pm, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at Allisonville Meadows in Fishers, Indiana. She was born on December 26, 1935, in Quinton, Kentucky, to Wesley H. and Opal (Gibson) Flynn.
Katie was a 1952 graduate of Marion High School and attended Indiana Business College. She married Robert John Ogan in Marion on March 15, 1953; he died October 31, 2015. She worked as an office manager for McClure Oil for nine years, 14 years as a legal secretary for Plummer, Tiede, Magley, Metz, and Downs, and also worked five years for the Shirt Shed. Katie was a member of Wabash First United Methodist Church, and Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority. She served on the March of Dimes Board, C.A.S.A Board, the Wabash Chamber Board, Wabash Market Street Board, and was the first woman to serve on the Wabash City Board of Works. Katie and Bob lived in Wabash from 1953-2005, when they moved to Noblesville.
She is survived by two daughters, Lori Vincent of Johns Creek, Georgia, and Mandy (Curt) Wehrley of Indianapolis, Indiana; four grandchildren, Natalie (Jose) Barberan of Milton, Georgia, Sarah Vincent of Johns Creek, Georgia, Samantha (Jordan) Miller of Indianapolis, and Devin Wehrley of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; two great grandchildren, Bennett and Abigail Barberan both of Milton; sister, Mary (Elise Stiller) McAtee of Massachusetts, and brother-in-law, Edward (Maggie) Ogan of Indianapolis. She was also preceded in death by her parents, step father John McAtee, step-mother Margaret Flynn, and her son Robert Michael Ogan who died September 25, 1990, and son-in-law Steven Vincent.
Family will receive friends from 1-3 pm Monday, August 15, 2022 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave. Wabash. Graveside services and burial will be 3:30 pm Monday in the Ogan section at Mississinewa Cemetery, Somerset, Indiana. There will be a gathering to celebrate Katie’s life, over dinner from 4-6pm Monday, at the Wabash First United Methodist Church, 110 N. Cass Street, Wabash.
Preferred memorial is the Susan G. Komen Foundation c/o komen.org.
The memorial guest book for Katie may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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