Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Monday in the Memorial Chapel of Summers Funeral Home, with Rev. Herman Gumbel officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery at Albion. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Sunday.
He was born Sept. 22, 1902 in Richland County, son of Albert Rodgers and Ruth Morgan Rodgers.
He was retired from International Shoe Co. and General Mills at Kankakee.
He is survived by his wife Wilma, and the following brothers and sisters: Truman Rodgers Claremont, Coleman Rodgers, Oklahoma, Lloyd Rodgers and Lafe Rodgers, both of Olney, John Rodgers, Peoria, Newt Rodgers of Seekonk, Mass., Roy Rodgers, Elgin and Elizabeth Brandenberg and Lydia Greenwood, both of Olney, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three
brothers and one sister.
Olney Daily Mail
Olney, IL
May 1980
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Monday in the Memorial Chapel of Summers Funeral Home, with Rev. Herman Gumbel officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery at Albion. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Sunday.
He was born Sept. 22, 1902 in Richland County, son of Albert Rodgers and Ruth Morgan Rodgers.
He was retired from International Shoe Co. and General Mills at Kankakee.
He is survived by his wife Wilma, and the following brothers and sisters: Truman Rodgers Claremont, Coleman Rodgers, Oklahoma, Lloyd Rodgers and Lafe Rodgers, both of Olney, John Rodgers, Peoria, Newt Rodgers of Seekonk, Mass., Roy Rodgers, Elgin and Elizabeth Brandenberg and Lydia Greenwood, both of Olney, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three
brothers and one sister.
Olney Daily Mail
Olney, IL
May 1980
Family Members
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Truman Ernest Rodgers Sr
1898–1987
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Benona Stinson "Ben" Rodgers
1900–1964
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Ethel Eileene Rodgers Abbott
1903–1953
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Clarence Albert "Allie" Rodgers
1904–1978
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Lydia Ruth Rodgers Greenwood
1906–1986
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Lafe Marcus Rodgers
1908–1991
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Lloyd Virgil Rodgers
1910–1987
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Coleman Earl Rodgers
1912–1981
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John Steven Rodgers
1915–1981
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Dortha Elizabeth "Toots" Rodgers Brandenburg
1917–1995
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Newt Nathaniel Rodgers
1919–1984
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Roy Heugh Rodgers
1920–2012
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