Elta Doris (Lamb) Rogers 1903-1998

ROGERS, LAMB, PIETER, BALLHAGEN, TRUEX, GROVE

Posted By: sthompson (email)
Date: 2/28/2011 at 17:07:36

funeral service record:

Elta D. Rogers, 94, of New Hartford, Iowa, died Sunday morning, January 25, 1998 at the Maple Manor Nursing Home, Aplington, Iowa, from natural causes.

Elta Doris Lamb was born on January 27, 1903 near Granada, Minnesota, the daughter of Charles E. and Bertha May (Pieter) Lamb. When she was young the family traveled a great deal and Elta attended many different schools. At the age of 15 she moved with her family to Iowa Falls, Iowa, and when she was 16 she began working for the telephone company in Iowa Falls as a switchboard operator, remaining at that job for five years. She then taught at the switchboard of the newly opened President Hotel in downtown Waterloo. On September 20, 1933 she was united in marriage to James Rogers in Galena, Illinois. They made their home in New Hartford and Elta worked at the switchboard for the New Hartford Telephone Company, a position she held off and on until the 1960's. On January 16, 1987 James died and Elta continued living in their home until ill health caused her to become a resident of the Maple Manor Nursing Home on April 3, 1992.

Elta and Jim loved fishing and spending time in Wisconsin, sharing many fishing days with their children and grandchildren. She enjoyed gardening, canning her produce and playing cards with family and friends. Elta had been an active member of the Women's Relief and the Anchor Rebekah Lodge in New Hartford.

She is survived by her three daughters and their spouses, Dorothy Ballhagen, Edna Mae & Lester Truex, and Betty & Bill Grove all of New Hartford; 10 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; 13 great-great grandchildren; and three sisters, Jessie Huffaker, Helen Huffaker and Clara Eash all of Marshalltown, Iowa, She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Jim, three brothers, Arthur, Harold and Cleo Lamb; and one son-in-law, Wayne Ballhagen.