Patrick Arthur Rogers

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MARATHON, FL - Age 84, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami, FL. He was born in Peoria, IL to the late Irving H. and Vivian (nee: Burroughs) Rogers on May 7, 1930. One of 9 children, he grew up in the Chillicothe, IL area. Patrick served in the Korean War as a US Army Medic Corpsman 1952 -1953 and was in the Active Reserves until 1959. He worked at Southern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled in Union Grove, WI for 34 years, retiring in 1985 and moving to Marathon FL. He married Lela Vancil Bodden on Aug. 6, 1988. He loved playing the guitar any time he could, and in his younger years, he enjoyed golf and bowling, he also was a HAM Amateur Radio operator, and just saying things to make people laugh. He was a Mason with the Union Grove Lodge No. 288 since 1971, and a member of American Legion Post 154, Marathon FL. He is survived by his wife Lela, 2 sons, Dale (Shelley) Rogers and Patrick (June) Rogers, Jr of Union Grove, WI, grandchildren, Mandy (Christopher) Coyle, Jody (Brad) Spiegelhoff, Christopher (Andi) Rogers, Brian (Trish) Rogers, Jennifer (Richard) Okon and 14 great grandchildren, sister Mary Detweiler and brothers Henry and Harry. He is further survived by step children Judy (Perry) Muhlenbeck, Patti Donovan, Jim (Jane) Bodden, Pam (Carl) Schmidt, Mike (Diane) Bodden, step grand- children Kim Christman, Lynn Barnes Tyson, Katie Bodden, Scott Bodden, and Andrew Bodden. He is preceded in death by his parents, sister Vivian Hyatt , brothers Vernon, Jim, Richard, Daniel and step daughter Debbie Bodden. There will be a memorial service on January 31, 2015 at 2pm with full military honors at the American Legion Post 154, 4115 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL. Inurnment at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Union Grove, WI is being planned, no date set.

-- Published in Racine Journal Times on Jan. 29, 2015

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