Rogers, Burtren W. (Bert) 1880-1959

ROGERS, HERRON, LESHER

Posted By: Janet Brown - volunteer (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 14:47:48

From the Thursday, November 5, 1959 Hawarden Independent:

Bert Rogers of Ireton Dies at Hospital Here

Funeral services for Bert Rogers, 79. of Ireton. active church worker and 50-year fireman, were held at 1:30 Tuesday at the Satterlee Funeral home and at 2 o' clock at the Presbyterian church, Rev. Roy Smith officiating. Burial was at Pleasant Hill cemetery.

Four choir members, Mrs. Marvin Grotenhuis, Mrs. Wm. Taylor, Ora Grau and Fred Schuette, accompanied by Mrs. A W. Bartlett at the piano, sang two numbers. Casket hearers were members of the I. O. O. F. lodge.

Burtren Warren Rogers was born December 3. 1880, at Waterloo, Ia., son of the late George and Isabella Rogers. He died Sunday morning at the Hawarden hospital after a long illness.

As a small child he went to Ireton with his parents and resided there the remainder of his life with the exception of two years spent at Canby. Minn.

On October 8. 1902, his marriage to Miss Christina Herron of Ireton was solemnized. The couple celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary in 1952.

As a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Rogers served as elder. Sunday school superintendent and Sunday school treasurer. He also sang in the church choir and was a member of the quartet.

He served with the Ireton fire department 50 years and was a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge.

After retiring from farming he followed the carpentry trade until he became ill. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and two sisters.

Survivors include the widow; a daughter, Tirzah (Mrs. Arthur De Rand) of Austin, Minn.; a son, Gordon, of Ireton; one grandson, and two great grandchildren.
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Poster's note: According to page 451 of "Ireton, A Proud Heritage, 1882-1981", Bert Rogers' parents were Isabella (Lesher) and George Rogers. This is consistent with the 1925 Iowa census where his mother's maiden name looks like Lesher or Lester.