Rogers, Thomas 1875-1949
ROGERS, RODGERS, RUNYAN, LOUPEE
Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 9/12/2006 at 14:13:43
Thomas Rodgers Dies;
Funeral to Be Held ThursdayFuneral services for Thomas Rodgers, 73, of Newton, retired employee of the city gas department, will be held at two o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Morgan Funeral Home.
Mr. Rodgers died yesterday at his home here. He had been in ill health for a number of years.
Rev. J. Wilfred Walker, pastor of the First Christian Church, will officiate at the rites. Burial will be at the Sugar Grove cemetery.
He was born Nov. 21, 1875, in Mahaska county, Ia., the son of John and Margarite Rodgers. He married Jessie Prudence Runyan of Colfax Apr. 9, 1902, in a ceremony in Newton.
Mr. Rodgers moved to Newton from Colfax about 25 years ago. He retired from his work at the city gas plant about a year and one-half ago.
He maintained his membership in the Odd Fellows lodge of Prairie City for many years. His church preference was the First Christian church of Newton.
Mr. Rodgers' survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Clyde R. Loupee of Oskaloosa; one son, Harold Rodgers of Yampa, Col.; one grandson, Bob L. Rodgers of Des Moines; a great-grandson, Bobbie and a number of nieces and nephews. ~ The Newton Daily News, August 17, 1940
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