Mable Irene Rogers' Obituary
Mable Irene Rogers, age 89, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday afternoon, November 18, 2008 at the Jane Phillips Hospital in Bartlesville Oklahoma.
She was born November 2, 1919 in Waunetta, Kansas to Lydia and Frank Bolton.
She married Leland Rogers on March 1, 1943. They made their first home near Grenola Kansas, and then moved near Moline. Mable attended Emporia State College and received her teaching certificate. She taught at Lebo, Kansas, Belknap, and Moline Grade School until she retired in 1981.
She is survived by two brothers, Bill Bolton of Newton, Kansas and Joe Bolton of California. Children, Mary and Jake Tjaden of Byers, Kansas; Barbara and Alvin Grimes of Park City, Kansas; Karen Hey of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Charles Rogers and Janie Williams of Wichita, Kansas. Grandchildren, Becky and Darren Reed of St. John, Kansas, Michael and Cass Williams, and Christopher Williams of Wichita, Kansas, and Mathew Hey of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and six great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents Lydia and Frank Bolton, six brothers, husband, Leland Rogers, two sons-in-law William Hey and Gary Williams and one granddaughter Kelli Tjaden-Dodson.
Visitation will be Friday November 21, 2008 from 3pm-7pm at Zimmerman Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00am on Saturday November 22, 2008 at the Moline United Methodist Church with Reverend Gary Parsons and Chan Lovelace officiating. Interment to follow at the Moline City Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to the: Moline United Methodist Church or the Moline Public Library and may be left with the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at: www.countrysidefh.com Arrangements are under the direction of Zimmerman Funeral Home P.O. Box 1233, 206 E. Washington, Howard, KS 67349
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