Velma (Jagger) Grogan, 88, of Heritage Pointe in Warren, Indiana, passed away on March 12, 2026. Born on a farm outside Camden, Michigan, on March 23, 1937, to Harry and Mary Jagger, she was a twin and the youngest of five siblings. From an early age, Velma loved reading and attended a one-room schoolhouse with her siblings and cousins. She graduated from Camden-Frontier High School, where her senior picture bore the caption, “Live wires never get stepped on.”
Velma earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Huntington College, where she met and married Orin Grogan. She began teaching at age 19 and spent more than two decades as the beloved kindergarten teacher at Converse Elementary School. Her passion for children extended far beyond the classroom. For many summers, she and Orin served as the unofficial parents to the staff at Oakwood Park in Syracuse, Indiana. She taught Sunday school, worked in the church nursery, and created lasting memories with her many nieces and nephews by making Christmas ornaments with them, treasures that still adorn family trees today.
Velma is survived by her daughters, Gwen and Glenda, who will deeply miss her fun-loving spirit and caring nature. She is also survived by her twin sister, Thelma Trueman, brothers Albert and Norman (wife Kay) Jagger, brother-in-law Duane Baughman, and many beloved nieces, nephews, and their children. She was preceded in death by her husband Orin, whom she cared for throughout his long battle with Parkinson’s disease, as well as her parents, sister Kathryn Baughman, sister-in-law Dorothy Jagger, and brother-in-law Donald Trueman.
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