The Record-Courier, September 13, 2004
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Vernon Irving Rogers, 84, of Baker City, passed away Sept. 9, 2004, in Boise, Idaho.
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Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane, Baker City. Bishop David Rogers officiated.
A vault interment followed at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Friends were invited to join the family for a reception at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints following the services.
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Vern was born on Aug. 23, 1920, in Maquon, Ill. He was the eldest of Irving Holt and Vivian Lois Burroughs Rogers' nine children. Vern's father, Irving Rogers, was an auto mechanic. He learned the trade in his dad's shop in Chillicothe, Ill. He left home at 14 to work in Chicago. In 1942, Vern joined the Army Air Corps and served as a B-17 bomber mechanic at Merced Air Field in Merced, Calif., and Kirtland Air Field in Albuquerque, N. M. After the war, Vern worked as a Tucker auto dealer and operated Roger's Kaiser-Frazer Service in Merced, Calif. Vern moved from Merced and worked as a mechanic for Ford dealers in Salt Lake City, Utah, and The Dalles, Ore. He later worked for many Chevrolet shops in Southern California. Vern worked for auto dealers in La Grande and Baker City when he moved to eastern Oregon. He also taught shop classes at Union High School.
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Vern was married to Olga Irene Gove in 1942 and had three sons: Donald Vernon on July 3, 1943, William Warren on Nov. 12, 1944, and John Lawrence on June 30, 1948. Vern was remarried in 1954 to Beatrice Grimmett and the couple had one son together, Frank Eugene. In 1958, Vern married Ethel Pointer and became a stepfather to Tim Taylor.
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Vernon is survived by his wife, Ethel May (Pointer) Rogers, of Baker City; his sons, Don Rogers of Winnemucca, Nev., John Rogers of Flagstaff, Ariz., William (Bill) Rogers of San Mateo, Calif., Gene Wachtel of Washington and Tim Taylor of Union; his sister, Mary Detwiler of Berriene Springs, Mich.; brothers, Patrick Rogers of Marathon Key, Fla., Daniel Rogers of Peoria, Ill., Henry Rogers of Chillicothe, Ill., and Harry Rogers of Berrien Springs, Mich.; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Vernon Irving Rogers, 84, of Baker City, passed away Sept. 9, 2004, in Boise, Idaho.
.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane, Baker City. Bishop David Rogers officiated.
A vault interment followed at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Friends were invited to join the family for a reception at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints following the services.
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Vern was born on Aug. 23, 1920, in Maquon, Ill. He was the eldest of Irving Holt and Vivian Lois Burroughs Rogers' nine children. Vern's father, Irving Rogers, was an auto mechanic. He learned the trade in his dad's shop in Chillicothe, Ill. He left home at 14 to work in Chicago. In 1942, Vern joined the Army Air Corps and served as a B-17 bomber mechanic at Merced Air Field in Merced, Calif., and Kirtland Air Field in Albuquerque, N. M. After the war, Vern worked as a Tucker auto dealer and operated Roger's Kaiser-Frazer Service in Merced, Calif. Vern moved from Merced and worked as a mechanic for Ford dealers in Salt Lake City, Utah, and The Dalles, Ore. He later worked for many Chevrolet shops in Southern California. Vern worked for auto dealers in La Grande and Baker City when he moved to eastern Oregon. He also taught shop classes at Union High School.
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Vern was married to Olga Irene Gove in 1942 and had three sons: Donald Vernon on July 3, 1943, William Warren on Nov. 12, 1944, and John Lawrence on June 30, 1948. Vern was remarried in 1954 to Beatrice Grimmett and the couple had one son together, Frank Eugene. In 1958, Vern married Ethel Pointer and became a stepfather to Tim Taylor.
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Vernon is survived by his wife, Ethel May (Pointer) Rogers, of Baker City; his sons, Don Rogers of Winnemucca, Nev., John Rogers of Flagstaff, Ariz., William (Bill) Rogers of San Mateo, Calif., Gene Wachtel of Washington and Tim Taylor of Union; his sister, Mary Detwiler of Berriene Springs, Mich.; brothers, Patrick Rogers of Marathon Key, Fla., Daniel Rogers of Peoria, Ill., Henry Rogers of Chillicothe, Ill., and Harry Rogers of Berrien Springs, Mich.; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The Record-Courier, September 13, 2004
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Vernon Irving Rogers, 84, of Baker City, passed away Sept. 9, 2004, in Boise, Idaho.
.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane, Baker City. Bishop David Rogers officiated.
A vault interment followed at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Friends were invited to join the family for a reception at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints following the services.
.
Vern was born on Aug. 23, 1920, in Maquon, Ill. He was the eldest of Irving Holt and Vivian Lois Burroughs Rogers' nine children. Vern's father, Irving Rogers, was an auto mechanic. He learned the trade in his dad's shop in Chillicothe, Ill. He left home at 14 to work in Chicago. In 1942, Vern joined the Army Air Corps and served as a B-17 bomber mechanic at Merced Air Field in Merced, Calif., and Kirtland Air Field in Albuquerque, N. M. After the war, Vern worked as a Tucker auto dealer and operated Roger's Kaiser-Frazer Service in Merced, Calif. Vern moved from Merced and worked as a mechanic for Ford dealers in Salt Lake City, Utah, and The Dalles, Ore. He later worked for many Chevrolet shops in Southern California. Vern worked for auto dealers in La Grande and Baker City when he moved to eastern Oregon. He also taught shop classes at Union High School.
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Vern was married to Olga Irene Gove in 1942 and had three sons: Donald Vernon on July 3, 1943, William Warren on Nov. 12, 1944, and John Lawrence on June 30, 1948. Vern was remarried in 1954 to Beatrice Grimmett and the couple had one son together, Frank Eugene. In 1958, Vern married Ethel Pointer and became a stepfather to Tim Taylor.
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Vernon is survived by his wife, Ethel May (Pointer) Rogers, of Baker City; his sons, Don Rogers of Winnemucca, Nev., John Rogers of Flagstaff, Ariz., William (Bill) Rogers of San Mateo, Calif., Gene Wachtel of Washington and Tim Taylor of Union; his sister, Mary Detwiler of Berriene Springs, Mich.; brothers, Patrick Rogers of Marathon Key, Fla., Daniel Rogers of Peoria, Ill., Henry Rogers of Chillicothe, Ill., and Harry Rogers of Berrien Springs, Mich.; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Vernon Irving Rogers, 84, of Baker City, passed away Sept. 9, 2004, in Boise, Idaho.
.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane, Baker City. Bishop David Rogers officiated.
A vault interment followed at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Friends were invited to join the family for a reception at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints following the services.
.
Vern was born on Aug. 23, 1920, in Maquon, Ill. He was the eldest of Irving Holt and Vivian Lois Burroughs Rogers' nine children. Vern's father, Irving Rogers, was an auto mechanic. He learned the trade in his dad's shop in Chillicothe, Ill. He left home at 14 to work in Chicago. In 1942, Vern joined the Army Air Corps and served as a B-17 bomber mechanic at Merced Air Field in Merced, Calif., and Kirtland Air Field in Albuquerque, N. M. After the war, Vern worked as a Tucker auto dealer and operated Roger's Kaiser-Frazer Service in Merced, Calif. Vern moved from Merced and worked as a mechanic for Ford dealers in Salt Lake City, Utah, and The Dalles, Ore. He later worked for many Chevrolet shops in Southern California. Vern worked for auto dealers in La Grande and Baker City when he moved to eastern Oregon. He also taught shop classes at Union High School.
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Vern was married to Olga Irene Gove in 1942 and had three sons: Donald Vernon on July 3, 1943, William Warren on Nov. 12, 1944, and John Lawrence on June 30, 1948. Vern was remarried in 1954 to Beatrice Grimmett and the couple had one son together, Frank Eugene. In 1958, Vern married Ethel Pointer and became a stepfather to Tim Taylor.
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Vernon is survived by his wife, Ethel May (Pointer) Rogers, of Baker City; his sons, Don Rogers of Winnemucca, Nev., John Rogers of Flagstaff, Ariz., William (Bill) Rogers of San Mateo, Calif., Gene Wachtel of Washington and Tim Taylor of Union; his sister, Mary Detwiler of Berriene Springs, Mich.; brothers, Patrick Rogers of Marathon Key, Fla., Daniel Rogers of Peoria, Ill., Henry Rogers of Chillicothe, Ill., and Harry Rogers of Berrien Springs, Mich.; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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