Ben Stogdale (1940 – 2021)

Ben Stogdale, 80, of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at Winchester Medical Center.

A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 27 at 11:00 a.m. at Maddox Funeral Home with Sammy Campbell officiating. Interment will follow in Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Ben was born August 29, 1940, in Staunton, Virginia, son of the late Benjamin Lacy and Bertha Geneva Wright Stogdale.

He worked for Avtex Fibers in Front Royal until their closing, retiring after many dedicated years as a Maintenance Supervisor. Ben was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose #829 in Front Royal.

Ben was married to the late Sally Smedley Stogdale.

Surviving is three children, Barry Stogdale and wife Tina of Waycross, Georgia, Vicki Stogdale of Front Royal, and Faith Funk and husband Ron of Wardensville, West Virginia, two children who he raised as his own, Lee Vickers and wife Beckie of Stephens City, and Kimberly Shifflett and husband Brian, whom he thought of as a son, of Front Royal; one brother, Boyd Stogdale of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; one sister, Doris Clark of Grottos, Virginia; 12 grandchildren, Elizabeth Walraven, Bryan Vickers, Eric Sothen, Ashley Kenney, Josh Stogdale, Devan Yager, Lecia Moreno, Cody Shifflett, Zach Shifflett, Austin Shifflett, Mary Sager, and Brandon Sager; and several great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents and wife, Ben was preceded in death by a grandson, Aaron Stogdale; and a brother, Lacy Glenn “Sonny” Stogdale.

Pallbearers will be Bryan Vickers, Eric Sothen, Jon Walraven, Cody Shifflett, Ron Funk, Kenny Showalter, and Noah Underwood.

The family will receive friends on Monday, July 26 from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.