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Conger, Roger Fowler             7 Nov 2008    Nov 2008    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  11/7/2008

CONGER, ROGER FOWLER "BLONDIE" 
A retired oilfield drilling consultant, he passed away Wednesday, Nov. 5, 
2008, at the Tangi Pines Nursing Home in Amite. He was born Jan. 6, 1921, 
in Quitman, Texas, located in Wood County. Visitation at Charlet Funeral 
Home in Zachary on Thursday. Nov. 6, was from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visitation 
will continue at First Baptist Church in Baker on Friday, Nov. 7, from 
9 a.m. until service 10 a.m. with burial to follow in Azalea Rest Cemetery, 
Zachary. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Baker and a 
resident of the Baker-Zachary area for the past 12 years. Formerly married 
to Ellen Barbin Conger of Baker. He was a decorated veteran of World War 
II, having served in the 96th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army in the 
Pacific Theater. A combat veteran of the battles of Leyte Gulf and Okinawa, 
he earned the Bronze Star for heroic service under fire and the Purple 
Heart for wounds received under fire. These honors aside, he was most
proud of having been a combat infantryman in the service of his country. 
He graduated from Quitman High School in Quitman in 1939 and began working 
in the oilfields of east Texas as a roughneck for Rowan Drilling Co. After 
the war he returned to work for Rowan in west Texas and later transferred 
to Louisiana as oilfield exploration moved across the Gulf Coast and into 
offshore waters. He worked on some of the earliest drilling tender 
operations in the Gulf of Mexico for Rowan in the late 1950's until his 
retirement in 1974 as a rig superintendent in New Orleans. He began work 
for Gulf Oil Corp. as a company man and continued until 1979 when he 
retired and formed his own oilfield consulting company. During his years 
as a consultant he was afforded the opportunity to supervise the drilling 
of many deep wells requiring his well control expertise. He became a 
member of the "4-mile deep" club while drilling deep wells in the 
Tuscaloosa Trend in the Baton Rouge area for operators including the late
"Doc" Pennington, Louisiana Land and Exploration and Amoco. He retired 
completely in 1995. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert F. 
Conger; mother, Minerva Elizabeth Stevenson; and two brothers, Lloyd A. 
Conger and Paul Conger. He is survived by a daughter and three sons and 
their families, Ann Conger Mueller of Fresno, Calif., Russell Paul Conger 
Sr., of Amite, Robert Mark Conger, of Prairieville and Steven Luke Conger, 
of Gretna. He had 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was a 
life member of the Military Order of tile Purple Heart Association, the 
National Rifle Association, the Combat Infantry Association, the 96th 
Infantry Division "Deadeyes" Association, the American Legion and the 
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Grandpa was truly a one of a kind man. You always 
knew what Grandpa believed in. He always told it how he saw it, and at the 
end of the day, you would be proud to know him. He will be sorely missed by 
all. Share sympathies, condolences and memories at 
www.charletfuneralhome.com.  

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