Tom Rogers
Born: Nov 21, 18751 in Mahaska Co., Iowa
Died: August 16 1949 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa1
Buried: Lot 138
Lot Owner: Henry Runyan, purchased in 1898
Married: Jessie Runyan on April 9, 1902 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Gwendoline Loupee and Harold
Parents: John and Margarite Rodgers
Thomas Rodgers Dies;
Funeral to Be Held Thursday
Funeral 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
Jessie Prudence (Runyan) Rogers
Born: March 29 1883 in Iowa2
Died: March 11, 1947 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa2
Buried: Lot 138
Lot Owner: Henry Runyan, purchased in 1898
Married: Tom Rogers on April 9, 1902 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Gwendoline Loupee and Harold Rogers
Parents: Henry T. and Mary Charlotte Hiner Runyan2
Mrs. Tom Rogers, 63, Dies Today
Of Heart Ailment
Mrs. Thomas Rogers, 63, died at 2 o'clock this morning at the Skiff Memorial hospital following lingering illness aggravated by a heart ailment.
Funeral services will be held from the Morgan Funeral Home, 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. J. Wilfred Walker, pastor of the First Christian church officiating . Burial will be in the Metz cemetery.
Jessie Prudence Runyan, daughter of Henry T. and Mary Charlotte Hiner Runyan, was born on a farm near Colfax, March 29, 1883, and died in Newton, March 11, 1947 just 18 days before her 64th birthday.
She was married April 9, 1902 to Thomas Rogers at Colfax, and to this union two children were born, a daughter, Mrs. Clyde R. Loupee of Oskaloosa, and a son, Harold Rogers of Yanta, Colo., both of whom with the husband survive. Other survivors are a grandson, Robert L. Rogers of Yanta, and a brother, Charles Runyan of Los Angeles, Calif., and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Rogers was a member of the First Christian Church of Colfax and was for many years active in the Rebekah and Pocahontas lodges at Colfax. ~ The Newton Daily News, March 11, 1947
1. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 3, page 385
2. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 3, page 380