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Mary Elizabeth <I>Hartley</I> Rogers

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Mary Elizabeth Hartley Rogers

Birth
Canterbury, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
Death
27 Dec 1957 (aged 88–89)
New York, USA
Burial
Albion, Orleans County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Newspaper: Special to The Buffalo Evening News
NEW YORK, Dec. 28-- Services were held here today for Mrs. Lewis G. RODGERS, 90, active in church and women's club affairs in Buffalo for 40 years. She died Thursday in her home here. She was the widow of the Rev. Lewis G. RODGERS, minister of Plymouth Congregational Church, Buffalo, from 1904 to 1943 except for three years as chaplain of the University of Connecticut. The former Mary Elizabeth HARTLEY, she was born in New Brunswick. She was a sister of the late Roland H. HARTLEY, Republican governor of Washington from 1923 to 1932. She was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and attended the University of Paris. She founded the Italian Department at Mt. Holyoke College and taught French and Greek there. She was past president of the Buffalo City Federation of Womens's Clubs and of the Western New York Branch, Associated Collegiate Alumni. She was a member of the 20th Century Club of Buffalo and the League of American Penwomen. Mr. and Mrs. ROGERS moved to New York City in 1944. Mr. RODGERS died in 1953 at the age of 90. Surviving are a son, Hartley RODGERS, three grandchildren and one great-grandson.
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Newspaper: Special to The Buffalo Evening News
NEW YORK, Dec. 28-- Services were held here today for Mrs. Lewis G. RODGERS, 90, active in church and women's club affairs in Buffalo for 40 years. She died Thursday in her home here. She was the widow of the Rev. Lewis G. RODGERS, minister of Plymouth Congregational Church, Buffalo, from 1904 to 1943 except for three years as chaplain of the University of Connecticut. The former Mary Elizabeth HARTLEY, she was born in New Brunswick. She was a sister of the late Roland H. HARTLEY, Republican governor of Washington from 1923 to 1932. She was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and attended the University of Paris. She founded the Italian Department at Mt. Holyoke College and taught French and Greek there. She was past president of the Buffalo City Federation of Womens's Clubs and of the Western New York Branch, Associated Collegiate Alumni. She was a member of the 20th Century Club of Buffalo and the League of American Penwomen. Mr. and Mrs. ROGERS moved to New York City in 1944. Mr. RODGERS died in 1953 at the age of 90. Surviving are a son, Hartley RODGERS, three grandchildren and one great-grandson.
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