Wasco-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, Edna M. October 19, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, October 26, 2004
     Edna M. Rogers, 94, a former resident of The Dalles, died at a Portland 
care facility on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004. 
     She was born in The Dalles on July 30, 1910, one of four children to Otto 
and Nellie (Gray) Greene. She grew up in The Dalles, attending and graduating 
from St. Mary’s Academy. 
     She married George H. Rogers in the late 1930s in Stevenson. They lived 
in The Dalles for a few years until moving to Portland in 1943 while George 
worked as a machinist during WWII. They then moved back to The Dalles in 1945. 
She was a homemaker and during the Cold War was a part of The Dalles Civil 
Defense, where she watched for incoming air traffic from the Natatorium. 
     She was a member of the First Christian Church and Eastern Star and a den 
mother for the Cub Scouts. She enjoyed going for drives, taking care of her 
family and going on picnics.
     She is survived by a son, Gerald B. Rogers and his wife Patricia of 
Portland; three grandchildren, Meg Rogers of Portland, Blaine Rogers of Key 
West, Fla., and Luke Rogers of Portland; a brother, Lynn and his wife Jean 
Greene of The Dalles; a niece, Marcia and her husband David Lacock and their 
children of The Dalles; a good friend Edna Zurflueh of The Dalles.
     Funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004 with Asa Jenson officiating. Interment 
will follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery on Cherry Heights Road. 
     Memorials may be made to Providence Hospice of Portland, 1235 NE 47th 
Ave, Suite 148. Portland, OR 97213.


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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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