Mary Anna Rogers, a former Darien resident died on May 25 at her home in Venice, Fla. She was born in Dallas, Texas to the late William L. and Corrine Logan of Kerrville, Texas on March 10, 1923. She was 83.
She and her late husband William L. Rogers moved to Darien from Scarsdale, N.Y. in 1956, raised their five children in one of the old Weed homes on Noroton Avenue before retiring to Florida in 1981. She was an active member of the Noroton Presbyterian Church and a frequent volunteer at the DCA Thrift Shop.
Mrs. Rogers attended Mary Baldwin and Emerson colleges after graduating from Bronxville High School in 1940. After college, she pursued a career in radio broadcasting with positions at WFAS in White Plains and later at WSTC in Stamford. Before retiring, she took a position as executive assistant to the director at the Darien YMCA.
Wishing to remain active she decided to re-enter the work force by taking a full-time position at the South Florida Science Museum in West Palm Beach. She became an avid writer of short stories published for several collections distributed nationally.
Mrs. Rogers was predeceased by her husband in 1980.
She is survived by a sister, Julia Carvin of West Palm Beach; five children, Robin Drayer of N.Y., Logan Rogers of Venice, Fla., Lorin Devine of Santa Cruz, Calif., Peter Rogers of Darien, and William Rogers Jr., of Rocks Village, Mass. She is also survived by 19 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, William Logan Jr., a sister Eloise Bedford, both of Texas and one grandchild, Michael Rogers.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 3 at the Fisherman's Net Community Church at 11 a.m. in Venice Fla. The Lemon Bay Funeral Home in Venice is handling the arrangements. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 24 at 10 a.m. at the Noroton Presbyterian Chapel on the Post Road in Darien. Burial will be private. The Lawrence Funeral Home is making arrangements in Darien.
Memorial donations may be made to the DCA Thrift Shop, 996 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820.
Darien Times, The (CT)
Date: June 1, 2006
Page: A014
Record Number: 112026F5DC3BD2E4
Copyright, 2006, The Darien Times
My mother's first cousin.
She and her late husband William L. Rogers moved to Darien from Scarsdale, N.Y. in 1956, raised their five children in one of the old Weed homes on Noroton Avenue before retiring to Florida in 1981. She was an active member of the Noroton Presbyterian Church and a frequent volunteer at the DCA Thrift Shop.
Mrs. Rogers attended Mary Baldwin and Emerson colleges after graduating from Bronxville High School in 1940. After college, she pursued a career in radio broadcasting with positions at WFAS in White Plains and later at WSTC in Stamford. Before retiring, she took a position as executive assistant to the director at the Darien YMCA.
Wishing to remain active she decided to re-enter the work force by taking a full-time position at the South Florida Science Museum in West Palm Beach. She became an avid writer of short stories published for several collections distributed nationally.
Mrs. Rogers was predeceased by her husband in 1980.
She is survived by a sister, Julia Carvin of West Palm Beach; five children, Robin Drayer of N.Y., Logan Rogers of Venice, Fla., Lorin Devine of Santa Cruz, Calif., Peter Rogers of Darien, and William Rogers Jr., of Rocks Village, Mass. She is also survived by 19 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, William Logan Jr., a sister Eloise Bedford, both of Texas and one grandchild, Michael Rogers.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 3 at the Fisherman's Net Community Church at 11 a.m. in Venice Fla. The Lemon Bay Funeral Home in Venice is handling the arrangements. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 24 at 10 a.m. at the Noroton Presbyterian Chapel on the Post Road in Darien. Burial will be private. The Lawrence Funeral Home is making arrangements in Darien.
Memorial donations may be made to the DCA Thrift Shop, 996 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820.
Darien Times, The (CT)
Date: June 1, 2006
Page: A014
Record Number: 112026F5DC3BD2E4
Copyright, 2006, The Darien Times
My mother's first cousin.
Mary Anna Rogers, a former Darien resident died on May 25 at her home in Venice, Fla. She was born in Dallas, Texas to the late William L. and Corrine Logan of Kerrville, Texas on March 10, 1923. She was 83.
She and her late husband William L. Rogers moved to Darien from Scarsdale, N.Y. in 1956, raised their five children in one of the old Weed homes on Noroton Avenue before retiring to Florida in 1981. She was an active member of the Noroton Presbyterian Church and a frequent volunteer at the DCA Thrift Shop.
Mrs. Rogers attended Mary Baldwin and Emerson colleges after graduating from Bronxville High School in 1940. After college, she pursued a career in radio broadcasting with positions at WFAS in White Plains and later at WSTC in Stamford. Before retiring, she took a position as executive assistant to the director at the Darien YMCA.
Wishing to remain active she decided to re-enter the work force by taking a full-time position at the South Florida Science Museum in West Palm Beach. She became an avid writer of short stories published for several collections distributed nationally.
Mrs. Rogers was predeceased by her husband in 1980.
She is survived by a sister, Julia Carvin of West Palm Beach; five children, Robin Drayer of N.Y., Logan Rogers of Venice, Fla., Lorin Devine of Santa Cruz, Calif., Peter Rogers of Darien, and William Rogers Jr., of Rocks Village, Mass. She is also survived by 19 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, William Logan Jr., a sister Eloise Bedford, both of Texas and one grandchild, Michael Rogers.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 3 at the Fisherman's Net Community Church at 11 a.m. in Venice Fla. The Lemon Bay Funeral Home in Venice is handling the arrangements. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 24 at 10 a.m. at the Noroton Presbyterian Chapel on the Post Road in Darien. Burial will be private. The Lawrence Funeral Home is making arrangements in Darien.
Memorial donations may be made to the DCA Thrift Shop, 996 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820.
Darien Times, The (CT)
Date: June 1, 2006
Page: A014
Record Number: 112026F5DC3BD2E4
Copyright, 2006, The Darien Times
My mother's first cousin.
She and her late husband William L. Rogers moved to Darien from Scarsdale, N.Y. in 1956, raised their five children in one of the old Weed homes on Noroton Avenue before retiring to Florida in 1981. She was an active member of the Noroton Presbyterian Church and a frequent volunteer at the DCA Thrift Shop.
Mrs. Rogers attended Mary Baldwin and Emerson colleges after graduating from Bronxville High School in 1940. After college, she pursued a career in radio broadcasting with positions at WFAS in White Plains and later at WSTC in Stamford. Before retiring, she took a position as executive assistant to the director at the Darien YMCA.
Wishing to remain active she decided to re-enter the work force by taking a full-time position at the South Florida Science Museum in West Palm Beach. She became an avid writer of short stories published for several collections distributed nationally.
Mrs. Rogers was predeceased by her husband in 1980.
She is survived by a sister, Julia Carvin of West Palm Beach; five children, Robin Drayer of N.Y., Logan Rogers of Venice, Fla., Lorin Devine of Santa Cruz, Calif., Peter Rogers of Darien, and William Rogers Jr., of Rocks Village, Mass. She is also survived by 19 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, William Logan Jr., a sister Eloise Bedford, both of Texas and one grandchild, Michael Rogers.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 3 at the Fisherman's Net Community Church at 11 a.m. in Venice Fla. The Lemon Bay Funeral Home in Venice is handling the arrangements. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 24 at 10 a.m. at the Noroton Presbyterian Chapel on the Post Road in Darien. Burial will be private. The Lawrence Funeral Home is making arrangements in Darien.
Memorial donations may be made to the DCA Thrift Shop, 996 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820.
Darien Times, The (CT)
Date: June 1, 2006
Page: A014
Record Number: 112026F5DC3BD2E4
Copyright, 2006, The Darien Times
My mother's first cousin.
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