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Theron Octavius Llewellyn Rogers

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Theron Octavius Llewellyn Rogers

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
8 Feb 1942 (aged 65)
Salinas, Monterey County, California, USA
Burial
Salinas, Monterey County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3, Block P, Lot 52
Memorial ID
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Theron O.L. Rogers was the eighth child of Alma Denton Rogers and Mary Jane Collins. His full name was Theron Llewellyn Urias Octavius Aspacio Rogers or Theron Llewellyn Octavius Urias Aspacio Rogers. He dropped Urias and Aspacio and usually signed T.L.O. Rogers, but is listed in Church membership records as Theron O.L.

Theron is buried at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Salinas, California, Lot 52, Block P, Section 3.

He worked for a sugar company in Idaho before going to work for Spreckles Sugar Company in Salinas.
His grandchildren remember him making "rock candy" for them.

Theron was very short, five feet five, and his wife was six feet tall. He was feisty and loved to joke and play cribbage. His daughter, Fawn, said she learned to count playing cribbage with her dad.

He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was ordained a Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood on Aug 30, 1915 in the Burley Idaho 2nd Ward, Cassia Stake.

The grave marker shown is that of his son, who is buried in the same plot as Theron and his wife Ingar Sophia Amelia "Millie" Mortensen. There is no marker for Theron.
Theron O.L. Rogers was the eighth child of Alma Denton Rogers and Mary Jane Collins. His full name was Theron Llewellyn Urias Octavius Aspacio Rogers or Theron Llewellyn Octavius Urias Aspacio Rogers. He dropped Urias and Aspacio and usually signed T.L.O. Rogers, but is listed in Church membership records as Theron O.L.

Theron is buried at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Salinas, California, Lot 52, Block P, Section 3.

He worked for a sugar company in Idaho before going to work for Spreckles Sugar Company in Salinas.
His grandchildren remember him making "rock candy" for them.

Theron was very short, five feet five, and his wife was six feet tall. He was feisty and loved to joke and play cribbage. His daughter, Fawn, said she learned to count playing cribbage with her dad.

He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was ordained a Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood on Aug 30, 1915 in the Burley Idaho 2nd Ward, Cassia Stake.

The grave marker shown is that of his son, who is buried in the same plot as Theron and his wife Ingar Sophia Amelia "Millie" Mortensen. There is no marker for Theron.


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