Kenneth R. Hoggard

Kenneth R. Hoggard Sr., 65, a resident of Princeton, Iowa died Monday, December 13, 2004 at Genesis Medical Center, East Campus in Davenport, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at the McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Chapel, Bettendorf. Burial will be in Oakridge Cemetery, Princeton. After the funeral procession arrives in Princeton, his casket will be transferred to a horse-drawn wagon and taken to the cemetery by his former team of horses, Bess & Jake. Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Princeton Lions Club.
He was born June 10, 1939 in Swifton, Arkansas, the son of Ernie & Viola (Dawson) Hoggard. He married M. Sharon Hodge on September 25, 1960 in Moline, Illinois. He later married Anna Lee Atwood on July 22, 1983 in Menahga, Minnesota. She preceded him in death on July 31, 1983. He later married Becky Workman in Princeton, Iowa on August 22, 2002.
Kenneth retired from the Iowa/Illinois Gas & Electric Company where he was employed as a pipe welder.
His real love was horses and he spent many years as a blacksmith & harness maker in Pleasant Valley and Princeton. In addition, he owned & operated Peak Carriage Company in Princeton. Countless weddings and other special occasions were led by Ken & his team in and around the Quad-City area.
He loved caring for his horses, working around his home and was always occupied building or fixing something.
Kenneth was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Those left to honor his memory include his daughter & her spouse, Lisa & Laura LaMarr of Elkhorn, Nebraska; his son & his spouse, Kenneth Hoggard Jr. & Robin Swanson of Princeton; and his grandchildren, Bailey Kelley and Merideth Hoggard.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Nina Stevens; and by his parents.