Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Rogers, Mark Launer  June 14, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Rogers, Mark Launer     
1947 - 2005 
 
Mark Launer Rogers 
Services: Sat., June 25, 10:00 a.m. 

Mark Rogers was born January 30, 1947, and passed away June 14, 2005, after a 
lengthy battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Ani; a daughter, Cathy 
Cason and her husband, Mike Cason; a son, Jack; a brother, Taggart Rogers and 
his wife, Barbara; two grandchildren, Caleb and Sara Cason; and many nephews 
and nieces. Mark was raised in Taft and graduated from Taft Union High School. 
He spent most of his adult life as a directional drilling engineer, primarily 
for Anadrill Schlumberger, working in countries around the world. It was on an 
assignment in Peru that he met and married his wife, Ani. Mark has maintained 
a residence in Bakersfield since 1986, and he worked the last five years as a 
human services technician for Kern County in the Delano office. Mark touched 
many lives in many countries. He always endeavored to live his life by these 
words, composed as a young man by his grandfather, Merle J. Rogers: "Lord, 
teach me that 60 minutes make an hour, 16 ounces one pound and 100 cents one 
dollar. Help me so to live that I can lie down at night with a clear 
conscience, without a gun under my pillow, and unhaunted by the faces of those 
to whom I have brought pain. Grant that I may earn my meal ticket on the 
square and that in earning it I may do unto others as I would have them do 
unto me. Deafen me to the jingle of tainted money. Blind me to the faults of 
the other fellow, but reveal me to my own. Guide me so that each night when I 
look across the dinner table at my wife who has been a blessing to me, I will 
have nothing to conceal. Keep me young enough to laugh with little children, 
and sympathetic enough to be considerate of old age. And when comes the day of 
darkened shades, and smell of flowers, the tread of soft footsteps, and the 
crunching of wheels in the yard, make the ceremony short and the epitaph 
simple: Here lies a Man. A memorial mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m., 
Saturday, June 25, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 124 Columbus Street. The 
family has suggested that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the 
American Cancer Society. 

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Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 6/21/2005.  


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