Captain David ‘Pop Pop’ Bogan, Sr., 74, of Sebastian, passed away peacefully on Dec. 7, 2014, after a long battle with cancer.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Barbara Bogan; their four children Barbara (Thomas) Hohmann, of Vero Beach, Dave Bogan, Jr., of Sebastian, Christopher (Ginger Jahn) Bogan, of Lewes, Del., and Joanne (Jason) Younker, of Eugene, Ore.; three brothers Howard (Claire) Bogan, of Brick, N.J., Thomas (Marilyn) Bogan, of Sebastian, and Joseph (Jean) Bogan, of Brick, N.J.; also surviving are John and Brenda DeRose, of Sebastian and Anne DeRose, of Sebastian; many cherished nieces and nephews; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild who fondly called him “Pop Pop,” and he was adored by all: David, Jordan and Matt Fahmie, Taylor, Kayla and Abby Bogan, Lillia and Kiana Younker, and Blake Fahmie.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Jr. and Lillian Bogan and his brothers, John and Michael.
Bogan was born in Point Pleasant, N.J., on May 2, 1940. In 1950 the Bogan family moved to Brielle. During high school, he joined the family business at Bogan’s Basin as the Captain of the Pennsy.
He graduated from St. Rose High School (1958), Belmar, N.J. He and Barbara DeRose married in 1959 and he attended the University of Miami until 1961. They returned to Brielle where he would captain the Jamaica II and the Paramount until 1982.
In 1982 he and his cousin, Paul Bogan, operated the Claudia Jo, a commercial fishing vessel. Bogan and his wife retired to Sebastian in 1996. Even after retirement, he remained active by occasionally running the Miss Sebastian out of Captain Butcher’s dock and helping gas boats up at Captain Hiram’s sandbar.
He also worked with his grandson, David Fahmie, Jr. at U-Haul, driving trucks until, May 2014. Despite retirement and his illness, Bogan continued to fish every chance he could. He was often joined by friends and family on the ocean. He was widely known for his “black book of numbers” featuring wrecks, reefs and holes where catching fish was always the best on even the worst of days.
A funeral mass will be held at St. Sebastian Catholic Church on Dec. 27 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the Bogan family requests to please send a donation to the Visiting Nurse Association of The Treasure Coast, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960 or to Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation, PO Box 23827, Tampa, FL 33623.