Edith Grace Godfrey Bogart
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Funeral services for Edith Grace Godfrey Bogart, 91, Lawrence, will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Private family graveside service will be held at Prairie Mound Cemetery, Solomon, KS. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, April 8, 2022 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Edith passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at Pioneer Ridge Rapid Recovery in Lawrence.
Edith was born on February 25, 1931 in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Frank E. and Grace Johnson Godfrey.
Moving to Abilene, Kansas at the age of three, she was educated in Abilene schools beginning with her beloved Lincoln grade school and graduating in 1949 from Abilene High School.
She married Len E. (John) Bogart on December 7, 1947 at the First Christian Church, Abilene, Kansas.
Leaving Abilene in 1953, she subsequently lived in Holton, Hutchinson, and Lawrence, Kansas where she furthered her education by graduating from Hutchinson Community College and the University of Kansas respectively.
Her work career included bookkeeper for the Abilene Gamble Store, dental assistant to Dr. Paul Getto, library assistant at Watson Library, University of Kansas, collator for The University Press, test evaluator for N.C.S. Pierson, sales representative for Koch Jewelry of New York and eighteen years teaching English at Lawrence High School.
In her teaching profession, she was nominee for Teacher of the Year, three times named as Most Influential in a student’s life by students attending Kansas University, and was listed as an outstanding teacher in Who’s Who among American Teachers 1992. She received an NEH fellowship award for study at the University of North Carolina, Ashville, North Carolina, and was named the most influential teacher for a Presidential Scholar, an honor she received in Washington D.C. In 1993.
She was a lifetime member of the Order of Eastern Star in Holton, Kansas, the Ladies Literary League, Republican Women, and past member of Daughters of the British Empire and Bethany Park Christian Church in Lawrence, Kansas, filling many offices in all these organizations.
She enjoyed reading, theater, genealogy, bridge, and travel, having traveled a number of times with the Kansas University Study Abroad program.
Too, she loved her home and always insisted it be kept warm and comfortable for her beloved family’s enjoyment.
She is survived by her two sons, Mike (Susan), Jay, (Marti); three grandchildren; Justin, Joel, Katie; four great grandchildren, Maggie, Annie, Ben, Evie; as well as nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three half-brothers and one half-sister.
Memorial contributions may be made in Edith’s name to Salvation Army and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.
For more information or to post a condolence go to warrenmcelwain.com.
She was an amazing woman! She was my favorite high school teacher. She was tough and kind. She called me her “celtic girl”. She also taught what it looked like to be tough as a woman. I have thought about her a lot since high school. My thoughts are with her family at this difficult time.
Preston and I will miss her tremendously. She was such a wonderful friend to his mother and told us such interesting stories about her amazing life.
I too had her in high scool for a teacher, the thing I remember about her the most is her smile. She just had a smile that was not fake, her care for teaching and us her students was true as well. Thank you Mrs bogart for being you, a great teacher and a great person.
You will be greatly missed Edith. You are one of a kind. I will miss you dearly. Condolences to the family. God bless.
Mrs. Bogard was a great teacher and role model. I loved her classes. My thoughts are with her family.
One of the highlights of a visit back to Lawrence was to see Mike and his mom Edith. What a classy lady. I often wondered how she was doing and I know she will be missed, I miss her great smile already.
Cousin Edie was a force of nature and a gifted storyteller. I will remember her as being delightfully animated, feisty, fiery, funny and fun.
Edie was an honest, wise and witty soul. She added “life” to any family gathering…and also class (Edie was always poised and impeccably dressed).
Her love for my mom (Cousin Carol) was fiercely protective and compassionate.
I am grateful for how she extended that loyalty and care to us (Carol’s kids).
I will miss Edie in person and also in her creative Christmas letters. Many hugs and much love to Edie’s family at this time. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Initiially had Mrs . Bogart pegged as one of the meanest old #!$@#! at LHS, then she grew benevolently on me and I learned to appreciate her dry/wry humor , sagacity, and what a great human being she is on top being a great literature instructer.
“Many candles will be sparked in your memory, Mrs. B. Hope to meet again on the Other Side:-)”
The Harvey and Byers Families extend our condolences and prayers to family and friends. She was a nice person and will be missed.
I was only at LHS a short time when Edie retired, but she was a great teacher and well liked by her students. She was on my team when we were scorers at NCS Pearson. We had some great laughs about things the kids wrote! Later she and he family delivered meals to the community at Thanksgiving. A great lady!!
Aunt Edie was an incredibly special person in my life. Our shared love for genealogy, stories and Downton Abbey always gave us something to write about. I will always be grateful for her love, humor and honesty. Our trip (my sister Elizabeth and I) to meet the family was a highlight of my life. She helped me to understand where I came from and my place in this world. I miss her dearly.
Many years ago Mrs Bogart was my English teacher at Lawrence High School. She was a great teacher with a warm personality & I’ve never forgotten her. My condolences to the family.
Edie was a truly remarkable woman and a great teacher for all my kids. It was an honor to teach with her and be her friend for many years. My condolences to all the family.
I had the privilege to teach with Edie at Lawrence High in my early career. Although I have taught many places since then, the LHS English Department of the late 80s and early 90s was a force of nature all its own, including Edie. I’ve thought of Edie many times over the course of my career, never forgetting her intelligence, wit, professionalism, and kindness. My deepest sympathies to her family.