Richard Lewis ‘Dick” Rogers, 83, passed away Friday, June 17, 2016.
He was born Oct. 6, 1932, in Columbus Grove, Ohio, son of Charles and Lelia Eggleston Rogers.
He was an entrepreneur at an early age. After an honorable discharge from the Navy, he and his brother, Ben, operated a bakery in Delphos, Ohio. He went to work soon after for Standard Oil, later purchasing his own SOHIO station in Columbus Grove, Ohio. He desired country living and in 1967 relocated his family to a farm near Edgar Springs.
He worked and retired from the Missouri Department of Conservation, where he was a supervisor at the George O. White Nursery near Licking.
He was an avid sportsman and crack shot. He and his wife, Pat, were once featured in the magazine Outdoor Life.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 53 years, Patricia Ebling Rogers; and four siblings, Harold Rogers, Charles Rogers, Betty Ileen Steffen and Leonard “Ben” Rogers.
Survivors include four daughters, Pamela Baldwin, Cathy Smith, Paula Ransome and Robin Rogers; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three siblings, Hulda Dunlap, Noretta Schantz and John Clifford Rogers; and a host of other family members and friends.
Services are Friday, June 24, at Greentree Christian Church with Pastors Tim Cook and Chris Foster officiating. Burial will be in Black Cemetery near Edgar Springs under the direction of Fox Funeral Home
Online condolences may be made at www.foxfh.net.
