Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Rodgers, Theodore Howard  July 26 2004
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The Tehachapi News 
Theodore Howard Rodgers

Sept. 9, 1934 – July 26, 2004

A funeral service was held on Saturday, July 31 at the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints for Theodore Howard Rodgers, 69, who passed away on July 
26.

Theodore was born on Sept. 9, 1934, in Limon, Colo., to John and Dorothy 
Rodgers. At the age of 12, Theodore was sent to work on a ranch to help 
support his family. As an adult, he served in the United States Marine Corps 
from 1954 to 1962. 

Theodore married his wife of 42 years, Alberta Louise Luster, on Jan. 3, 1962, 
in Monte Vista, Colo. They performed their marriage sealing in the Los Angeles 
Mormon Temple on Jan. 6, 1991. 

Theodore’s favorite things were antique cars. He owned a Model A which he 
drove often in parades and enjoyed traveling on car tours with the car club. 
He was employed as a truck driver for 39 years. He was transferred to Taft 
with Koch Industries, a gasoline and oil company. After retirement 10 years 
later, he and his wife moved to Tehachapi.

Theodore is survived by his wife, Alberta Rodgers of Tehachapi; sons, Tracy A. 
Rodgers and wife Joyce and Shon L. Rodgers and wife Jennifer, all of 
Bakersfield; daughters, Le Ana Deaton and husband Raymond and Debra Jo Saucedo 
and husband Rich, all of Colorado; grandchildren, Jill, Hayden, Storm, Willow, 
Ethan, Andrew and Ashland; brothers, Jim Rodgers and wife Vickie, Ed Rodgers, 
Bill Rodgers and wife Jeanne; sisters, Patricia Christiansen, Donna Goff and 
husband Alan, Jackie Britton, Barbara Scuck, Janice Stein and husband Norman; 
numerous nieces and nephews; and many friends.

Bishop Don Lange officiated at the service. Interment will take place at 
Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colo.


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