Donald Rogers

May 2, 1929 - June 26, 2014

Donald Dee, son of Eva (Snyder) and Deyoe Rogers, was born May 2, 1929 in Hardtner, Kansas. He passed away at the Kiowa Manor on the 26th day of June, 2014 at the age of 85 years, 1 month and 24 days. He attended the Hardtner school system. In 1951 he joined the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1952. After returning from Germany he courted Elfreda Fae Corr and they were married in Medicine Lodge, Kansas on May 5, 1956. To their marriage four children, Lucretia, LaDonna, LaVonne and Lindsey were born. Following their marriage they made their first home in the old hardware store in Hardtner, and then they moved one mile south and two east on the George Winn Farm. Donald was a member of the Hardtner United Methodist Church, the Stateline American Legion Post, and past commander of American Legion Post 175. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elfreda, a daughter Lucretia; his parents; six brothers; a sister, and a son-in-law Bill Rose. Donald is survived by his children, LaDonna Rose, LaVonne Brewer, and Lindsey Rogers; Six grandchildren, Leroy Don Brewer, Eleanor and Brad Navarro, Lara Inman, Carrie Jane and Jeremy Moon, LaShawna Kay Brewer, Robert Joseph Rose; two great grandsons; a great granddaughter and a great grandchild on the way; a brother Louis Rogers; two sisters Lois Adams and Hope Swinford; a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. PDF Printable Version