Robert I. Rogers 1928 - 2017

RITCHIE, ROGERS, MCGUIRE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/8/2017 at 12:42:36

Sioux City Journal
31 January 2017

MOVILLE, Iowa | Robert I. Rogers, 88, of Moville, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at Bickford Cottage Assisted Living in Sioux City.

Memorial services will be 5:30 p.m. Friday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Sioux City. Visitation will be 4 p.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home.

Bob was born on Nov. 22, 1928, in Sioux City, to Dr. Stanley and Viola (Ritchie) Rogers. He graduated from East High School, Morningside College in 1953, and received his master's from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion in 1972.

He was united in marriage to Patricia McGuire on Oct. 25, 1952, in Sioux City. They moved to Omaha for seven years in 1953, then to Dewitt, Iowa, from 1960 to 1963, and finally to Moville in 1963. Bob was a member of the United States Marine Corps, serving in World War II and the Korean War. Bob was a salesman for 12 years before becoming a teacher. He taught at Woodbury Central in Moville and then retired from Sioux City Public Schools after 27 years in June 1990.

He was a member of Trial Lodge 532 in Moville, former member of the Moville City Council and a past mayor, ISEA, NEA and SCEA. Bob enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time at their lake home in Okoboji.

Those left to honor his memory include his wife, Pat Rogers of Moville; sons, Robert (Terri) of Vista, Calif., James (Sherry) of Gretna, Neb., Patrick (Sandy) of Moville, and Michael (Lisa) of Evergreen, Colo.; daughter, Cynthia (Mark) Lloyd, Moville; 16 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters and brothers-in law, Doris (Earl) Pearson and Phyllis (Irvin) Joy; and several brothers and sisters-in-law.