Obituary - Andrew Vogel, 103; Dutch Immigrant Founded Iowa's Diamond Vogel Paints
ORANGE CITY, IA — Andrew Vogel, the founder of Iowa-based Diamond Vogel Paints, died March 6 in Orange City, IA. He was 103.
Mr. Vogel was born April 29, 1896, in Berlikum, Freisland, The Netherlands. He immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1913 and served in the U.S. Army during World War I. After settling in northwest Iowa and first trying his hand at farming, he turned to the family trade of painting and paintmaking that he had learned from his father. In 1926, he began producing Orange-Brand paint in Orange City.