Rosalind Ruth (Nebeker) Hoggan

Rosalind Ruth Nebeker Hoggan

1940 ~ 2026

Rosalind Ruth Nebeker Hoggan was born in Berkeley, CA on July 21, 1940, the oldest child of Hazelton Raleigh Nebeker Jr and Ruth Self. She spent her early childhood years in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her family later moved to Tucson Arizona where she attended high school.  Following graduation, she attended Brigham Young University where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in business education.

While at BYU Rosalind met her husband James Robert Hoggan. They were married on June 2, 1962 in the Los Angeles California Temple.  After his graduation Jim took a job with General Electric.  GE’s training program took Jim and Rosalind to Cincinnati OH where their oldest son David was born as well as Glens Falls NY where their daughter Alicia was born. Upon completing his training program, Jim settled into a job with General Electric in San Jose CA where Jim and Rosalind’s remaining four children, Brent, Craig, Erik and Gary, were born.

In 1980 Jim and Rosalind moved their family to Colorado Springs, CO where Jim had found new employment. They missed the many friends they had left behind in San Jose, but they loved living on the front range of the Rocky Mountains and Rosalind quickly made many new friends in Colorado.  Making friends was a particular talent of Rosalind’s. She loved people and had the ability to easily get to know others.

Rosalind enjoyed being a wife, mother and homemaker. She was also a devoted daughter-in-law, sharing her home with Jim’s father for over 30 years and caring for him in the later years of his life. Rosalind loved learning and encouraged all of her children to put a high value on education.

Rosalind was a committed member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throughout her life and served in many capacities in her church.  Rosalind had a gift for serving others and spent many hours caring for those in need. She served as the Relief Society president nearly everywhere she lived and was excellent at ministering to the women around her.

Shortly before his retirement, Jim and Rosalind moved to Sandy, UT, which was a blessing as she was able to be close to and help care for her parents during their later years.  Jim and Rosalind’s retirement years continued to be filled with service to others.  Rosalind became very skilled at family history research and she and Jim served for several years as missionaries at the Salt Lake City Family History Library.  They also served a two-year fulltime mission in Nova Scotia, Canada for their church.  Following their time in Canada, they served as missionaries to the Tongan people in Salt Lake City as well as the people in their home stake in Sandy.

Rosalind passed away on April 22, 2026 after suffering the effects of dementia for the last several years of her life.  Rosalind is preceded in death by her husband Jim, her brother Gary, as well as her oldest son David.  She leaves behind her sister Kathleen (Art) Evans, sister-in-law Sue, daughter Alicia (Glen) Hilton, and sons Brent (Georgina), Craig (Katherine), Erik, and Gary (Erin) as well as 21 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. 

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 10:00 am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel located at 10494 North 4720 West, Highland, Utah.  A viewing will be held from 9:00 to 10:00 am prior to the service.  

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