She was born on Thursday, January 18, 1923 in Scott, Ohio the daughter of the late Roy Rogers and the late Minnie F. (O'Day) Rogers. She married Kent C. Geisler on February 5, 1949 in Covington, Kentucky and he passed away on August 6, 2013.
Mildred was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ in Decatur and their Women's Guild. She was an avid sports fan and loved watching IU Basketball and Chicago Cubs baseball.
She graduated from Hoagland - Jackson High School and received her nursing degree in 1944 from Deaconess Nursing School in Cincinnati, Ohio. She retired from Adams Memorial Hospital in 1987 with 37 years of service where she had been the Director of Nursing.
Survivors are her daughter, Jacqueline (Monty) Cochran of Cumming, Georgia; granddaughter, Casey (Shawn) Snipes of Tallahassee, Florida; and great-granddaughter, Addison Snipes also of Tallahassee.
Preceding Mildred in death were six sisters and five brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 14, 2014 in the Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur with Pastor Jerry Flueckiger officiating. Interment will follow in the Willshire Cemetery in Willshire, Ohio.
Friends will be received from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, July 14 in the Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur.
Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home - July 11, 2014
She was born on Thursday, January 18, 1923 in Scott, Ohio the daughter of the late Roy Rogers and the late Minnie F. (O'Day) Rogers. She married Kent C. Geisler on February 5, 1949 in Covington, Kentucky and he passed away on August 6, 2013.
Mildred was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ in Decatur and their Women's Guild. She was an avid sports fan and loved watching IU Basketball and Chicago Cubs baseball.
She graduated from Hoagland - Jackson High School and received her nursing degree in 1944 from Deaconess Nursing School in Cincinnati, Ohio. She retired from Adams Memorial Hospital in 1987 with 37 years of service where she had been the Director of Nursing.
Survivors are her daughter, Jacqueline (Monty) Cochran of Cumming, Georgia; granddaughter, Casey (Shawn) Snipes of Tallahassee, Florida; and great-granddaughter, Addison Snipes also of Tallahassee.
Preceding Mildred in death were six sisters and five brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 14, 2014 in the Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur with Pastor Jerry Flueckiger officiating. Interment will follow in the Willshire Cemetery in Willshire, Ohio.
Friends will be received from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, July 14 in the Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur.
Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home - July 11, 2014
Family Members
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Marita Lucille Rogers Goeltzenleuchter
1908–2001
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Carlos Doyt Rogers
1910–2007
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Princess Irene Rogers Martz
1913–1963
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Lewis Willis Rogers
1915–2006
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Opal Marie Ridenour
1916–2000
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Della L Zulch
1918–1990
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Pauline Rogers Shook
1921–2007
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Francis Clyde Rogers
1926–1928
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Donald E Rogers
1929–1999
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Louella Mae Rogers
1932–1934
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