Adolph G. Rogge 1876-1959

ROGGE, VOGEL

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Date: 6/9/2010 at 21:38:14

Daily Sitka Sentinel
Sitka, Alaska
31 Mar 1959
Page 2

Ado Rogge Dies

Seattle (AP) - Ado G. Rogge, 82, Alaska pioneer, died yesterday at his home of a heart ailment.

Mr. Rogge was born in Davenport, Ia., and came to Seattle in 1946 from Alaska. He took part in the 1898 Alaska gold rush and was employed as a power plant engineer in Fairbanks before coming here. He was a member of Knights of Columbus and Pioneers of Alaska.

Survivors include his wife, Frances; one daughter, Miss Mary C. Rogge, Fairbanks; two sons Lawrence J., of Lake Stevens, Snohomish County, and Eugene W. Rogge, Fairbanks.

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska
31 Mar 1959
Page 9

Ado G. Rogge Dies in Seattle

Word has been received here of the death of Ado G. Rogge, Fairbanks pioneer. Mr. Rogge was born in 1876 in Davenport, Iowa. He came to Dawson and 40-Mile in 1898, made the trip on the "Rock Island" up the Yukon River.

A group of 40 men had purchased the boat and sent it around the Horn and gathered in Seattle to make the trip North.

As far as is known by the family Mr. Rogge was the last surviving member of the party.

He was married in April, 1904 to Frances Vogel in Davenport. The couple moved to Seattle where the three children Mary, Lawrence and Eugene were born.

In 1912 the family moved to Winnett, Montana where they remained, homesteading until 1924 when they returned to Seattle. In that year Mr. Rogge returned to Fairbanks to re-establish the home.

He was employed by the Fairbanks Exploration Company until 1947, when he and his wife returned to Seattle to make their home. Mary Rogge, a teacher in the Fairbanks Public Schools, and Gene, who operates Sourdough Freight Lines, flew to Seattle for the funeral services.