Livestream for Ed's Mass

Edward Patrick Hogan was born on November 12, 1939 to Edward and Dorothy (Fehrenbach) Hogan in St Louis, Missouri and passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 in Brookings, South Dakota.

Ed was the oldest of four boys who created their own adventures in their close-knit neighborhood and doted on their little sister. Ed grew up loving cowboy movies and going to St. Louis Cardinal baseball games. He graduated from Bishop DuBourg High School in 1957. Throughout his high school and college years, Ed and his brothers worked at his father's ham house – cooking, packaging, and delivering hams to restaurants across the city. He relished in sharing stories of these formative years to his children and grandchildren.

Edward earned his bachelor's, master's, and PhD from St. Louis University. While teaching at St. Louis University, he met the love of his life Joan Marie Ford. They married on August 3, 1963 and proudly raised five children: Bridget, Eddie, Tim, Erin, and Molly. Their 61 years of marriage was fortified by their shared faith and deep love of one another.

Ed and Joan moved with their three oldest children from the relative warmth of St. Louis to Brookings in the middle of winter 1967. At the invitation of South Dakota State University President Hilton M. Briggs, Ed founded the state's first geography program. He served in several administrative capacities during his 37-year career at SDSU, including Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, but his favorite title was Dr. Hogan. He had a gift for identifying students who needed only to believe in themselves to become extraordinary, and he found a way to nurture that belief. He mentored and forged strong friendships with hundreds of students over the years. The National Council for Geographic Education and the Defense Mapping Agency honored him for excellence in teaching and mentoring. SDSU annually bestows the Edward Patrick Hogan Excellence in Teaching Award in recognition of significant impact he made on students and the university.

Ed and Joan built a life together in Brookings where he was known for his loyalty to his family, friends, and Jackrabbit sports. Ed and Joan donned SDSU sweatshirts and enjoyed a second career of cheering on Jackrabbit football and basketball. They made the pilgrimage to Frisco, TX to watch the Jacks win back-to-back FCS championship titles.

Ed retired in 2003, which afforded him many opportunities to travel. He and Joan spent time each winter on Anna Maria Island, Florida, with children and grandchildren cycling through each season. Ed and Joan shared their love of Ireland by leading nearly twenty tours of their ancestral homeland. In 2013, they renewed their wedding vows in front of all their children and grandchildren in Conna, Ireland. Other international trips included Germany, England, Croatia, and Italy. Ed was happiest when his family was gathered around him, and he and Joan created opportunities for all 27 to spend time together by planning family vacations to Mackinac Island, Park Rapids, the Black Hills, Ireland, and most recently, New York City in 2022 to see the Pride of the Dakotas play in the Macy's Parade.

Ed's hobbies included creating art and worrying about weather. He made a cartoon character for each of his children when they went to college and filled their mailboxes with weekly postcards showing their adventures through the cartoons. He hand-crafted western forts, rocking chairs, and doll cradles for his grandchildren. Friends and family looked forward to receiving his original artwork of the Madonna on the family's annual Christmas card. Ed was obsessed with weather and warned his children, wherever they were, of pending storms. We are all glad God now has someone to let him know when "There is weather out there!"

Each morning, Ed drove off on his daily prayer run, silently saying the rosary while driving by the homes of friends and family while he prayed for them. His prayer run also included stops for Diet Coke and the daily newspaper.

Ed's children will remember him for his smiling eyes and his admonition they carry themselves with "Hogan Pride." His grandchildren will remember receiving mail at the beginning of each month with "Ed's Epistle," stories, messages, and memories of his life.

Ed's parents preceded him in death, as did brothers Bill and Terry, and his sister-in-law Carole. Survivors include his bride of 61years, Joan; five children: Bridget (Patrick) Hoye, Eddie (Amy), Tim (Kate), Erin (Robert) Fouberg, and Molly (Charlie) Richter; and 15 grandchildren: Olivia (Damon), Fiona, Sophie, Maggie, Claire, William, Colin, Meredith, Nickolas, Henry, Mary, Diego, Chloe, Charlie, and Katie; his brother Nick (Jean), sister Dottie (Jerry), sister-in-law Eileen, cousin Rosie, and many nieces and nephews.

The visitation will be Sunday, February 23 from 3:00-5:00 PM at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, February 24 at 11:00 AM at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Brookings. Memorial gifts may be designated for the Hogan Endowment in Geography at SDSU Foundation, 815 Medary Avenue, Brookings, SD 57006.