In Memoriam: Red Bank-Raised Tinton Falls Resident, Sally Vogt, 73

Red Bank-raised Sally Ellen Vogt, of Tinton Falls, passed away on Dec. 3. She was 73.

Born in Long Branch on March 3 to her Sarah and Edward Johnson, Sally grew up in Red Bank in a home built by her grandfather, Matthew Power.

A career nurse, Sally graduated from St. Peter’s School of Nursing and got her master’s degree from then Monmouth College. She first worked at New York University Hospital in NYC and then St. Peter’s Hospital as a nurse anesthetist, among others, and finally in the mental health field at Community Care in Freehold.

Sally Vogt
Photo/family via Thompson Memorial Home

“She loved being a nurse. It was her calling to help others. Sally’s hobbies included Cheerleading, riding her Honda motorcycle, skiing, bowling, and of course spending the summers on her boat at the Molly Pitcher Marina where she would go crabbing and fishing all day on the Navesink. Sally loved Bruce Springsteen and was a true Jersey girl. Her sense of humor was unmatched and her laugh contagious. Sally’s friendships were something she really valued and had lifelong relationships with many of them. 4th of July or any holiday was an excuse to party with her pals and was always surprising them with a funny gag.
Above all, Sally loved her family and spending time with them.
Being a mother was Sally’s ultimate joy. She would do anything in her power to make her children happy and was the most caring mother there could be. She loved animals and her three dogs were like children to her … Brandy, Sako, and, perhaps her favorite, Finnie would sing while Sally played the harmonica.”
Loved ones of Sally Vogt in her obituary

Sally is predeceased by: her husband, Andy Vogt who she married in the summer of 79.

She is survived by: her children Andrew Vogt (Marieke), of Amsterdam, and Sharon Vogt Hamilton (Timothy), of the River Plaza section of Middletown; her five siblings. Barbara Twigg, Suzanne Colville, Stephen Johnson (Kathy), Ned who passed away in 2019, and Lee Teftteller (Daryl). “Through them she became what many would know her as Aunt Sally. She was the most fun aunt one could have. She loved dearly her 12 nieces/nephews and then adored her 20 great nieces/nephews making her truly one GREAT aunt.”

Visitation will be held at Thompson Memorial Home in Red Bank on Friday Dec. 9 from 4 to 7 p.m.. A mass of christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. at St. James RC Church in Red Bank followed by entombment at St. Gabriel’s Cemetery, Marlboro. A repast will follow.

— Edited obituary prepared by family via Thompson Memorial Home