Earl M. Rogers
ROGERS, MARTIN, REYNOLDS, HUXTABLE
Posted By: Amanda Lensing (email)
Date: 7/15/2015 at 16:01:02
Earl M. Rogers, 77, died July 15, 2015 at home from pancreatic cancer.
Respecting his wishes no services are planned. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Iowa City Hospice.
Earl Marvin Rogers was born May 2, 1938 in Moline, Illinois, son of Earl L. Martin and Sophia J. Reynolds. He was later adopted by his stepfather, Frank Rogers. Earl spent his early years on his grandparents' farm in Muscatine County and attended a one room school. He graduated from Rock Island, Illinois High School and Iowa State University, and did graduate work in history at the University of Wisconsin.
Earl worked for the Agricultural History Branch of the U.S.D.A. in Washington D.C. and then moved to California, where he worked for the Agricultural History Center at the University of California at Davis. He was the compiler of many bibliographies on agricultural history. After receiving his library science degree from the University of California, Berkeley, he went to work at the University of Utah Library.
On August 31, 1968, he married Susan Huxtable in Salt Lake City. In 1970, they moved to Iowa City where Earl became editor of the Henry A. Wallace papers in the Special Collections Department of the University of Iowa Library. On completion of the Wallace project, Earl became University Archivist until his retirement in 1998.
In retirement his passions were travel and birding, visiting many parts of the world. He also loved reading, especially history, travel, and academic mysteries. A lifelong learner he enjoyed Senior College classes and volunteered for the V.N.A.
He is survived by his wife, Susan, and several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law, Howard Huxtable.
The family would like to thank Iowa City Hospice, Dr. Feeley and the staff of Cancer Care of Iowa City, and Dr. Silverman at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.
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