Clarence “Butch” Ogden (74) of Clearwater, Florida, went to meet his lord on December 15th, 2016. He died peacefully at the Bay Pines VA Hospice Center surrounded by his family.
Born in Port Huron, Michigan, Butch enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, and being free to roam the woods. He served as an airplane mechanic in the United States Air Force from January 1960-1964. After the Air Force, he spent most of his career as a cross country truck driver. He enjoyed the freedom and friendships that came with the job and was known as “Little Augie” to many.
Butch moved his family to Florida in 1978, giving up the job he loved to be able to spend more time at home. In his later years, he worked in construction and owned a small business prior to retirement.
Butch was married to the love of his life, Linda, for 54 years. He leaves a legacy of love with his four children Kari, Scott, Christian, and Whisper. He is also regarded as a mentor and father to his in-law children Troy, Angela, John, and Sabrina. His presence is felt in his Grandchildren Ty, Zach, Reese, Lauren, Evan, Collins, and Tristan. He is also remembered with love by his sisters Jackie Wixon (Michigan) and Dora Bruce (Canada). Butch had a special gift of making friends feel like family.
Butch taught his family what honor, integrity, and love meant through his actions and words. He was a grand story teller that would light up the room when he spoke. He has passed down his story telling traits to his Grandchildren. He was also the first one to give the shirt off his back to someone in need.
Butch knew he was going to meet his Lord and felt comfort in knowing that. We will forever miss you husband, Daddy, Grandpa, and friend.
Clarence “Butch” Ogden
11/02/1942- 12/15/2016
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Butch Ogden to:
Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (135)
c/o Hospice Program General Post 1086
P.O. Box 5005
10000 Bay Pines Boulevard
Bay Pines, FL 33744
You will always mean the world to me.
I will continue to pray for peace for the family. I didn’t get the chance to meet you but I know how much you are loved.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Stay strong and the family ties stronger. Family is so important and it sounds like Butch was a great role model for doing just that!
Butch..You were like a true brother to me and I will greatly miss you. I will never forget all the fishing, going to breakfast and coffee and all the hanging out we did.
I love you and will miss you, Rick
I miss you so much. Love you.
Well pop I found out Sunday morning that you and mumma were reunited. I’m sorry I couldn’t be there in either of your final days and that will always be a source of pain for me, but at the same time I believe the both of you understand. I just wanted to say I love you and mumma very much.
Happy birthday pop.Miss you so much!
Daddy, Not a day goes by that I don’t miss you and Mumma. I love you and miss you so much.
I am always looking at this and can’t say anything!! It still hurts so bad. I love you daddy.
Miss you! Fishing with you soon.
Pop,
Kari said some mean shit to whisper and now she’s being mean to Chris.
Momma said un uh talk to your dad so…
Me? I didn’t do nothing, hey don’t kill the messenger.
Abby says hi.
Happy Birthday, Daddy. Wish we were celebrating like we did every year.
Daddy, I wish you were here. I miss you everyday.
Daddy, I wish you were here.
We all miss you so much Daddy. You would have been 81 on the 2nd of November. You are so loved by all of us.
Miss you pop! Think off you all the time!
hi grandpa i miss u everyday and i think abt u all the time i miss u so much i wish u we’re here right now so i could talk to u and tell u what has been going in my life but i will talk to u more and tell u more but i just wanted to say me and my family are doing good and now i’m about to start high school and evan just graduated so i can’t wait to start the new year i miss u so much and i will try my best everyday for u grandpa me and abby miss and love u so much
Hi Grandpa,
I just found out about this and wish I would’ve known sooner. I think about you all the time and I always talk about the cat story with the shovel. My life definitely changed the day you left and I remember that grandma was the one that wanted to tell Lauren and I. If you were alive during Covid you would’ve hated the masks and I just KNOW you would have said something about it every time you went somewhere. Our favorite place to go eat is no longer open, Sweet Tomatoes. I have lots of memories of us all going there and getting Ice cream with brownies after we ate. Sometimes I go onto mom’s old computer to watch our family videos because I want to see your face again. One video was when we had Christmas at the house, you snd grandma came and spent it with us. That was one of my favorite Christmas’s. I also loved the story you always told about how you would help Santa with his sleigh. I was a sucker for that story. I am now 21 years old, I moved out of the house and into an apartment with my boyfriend. I wish you could see what we did with the place. You would love my boyfriend Josh, he makes me so happy, mom and dad love him. I know you would to. You guys would crack it up. But I’m sure from where you’re at you can see how happy I am and know that he is good for me and that makes me happy to think about. I also have a cat named Pumpkin that you probably wouldn’t like at first but would grow to love. I got her when she was around 2 months old and she will be turning 4 years old in June. I also hope you’re not disappointed in me for not being in college at the moment. I want to take my time and figure out what I really want. As of right now I am content with where I am at. I know you would be proud of me no matter what I do. Anyway, I’ve said so much but have so much more to say. I will leave it at this and revisit soon. I love and miss you so much grandpa.