Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Rhodes, Roger E "Rogie" February 12, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net February 25, 2012, 9:21 pm The Bellfontaine Examiner 12-Feb-2009 Roger E. “Rogie” Rhodes, 85, of Urbana, died at 12:08 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, in Mercy Memorial Hospital, Urbana. He was born in Champaign County on July 14, 1923, a son of the late George W. and Mary Ruth Tullis Rhodes. He also was preceded in death by two daughters, Karen Brown and Tondra Rhodes; grandson, Bryan Brown; great-grandson, Raymond Westcott; and a brother-in-law, Don Insley. On April 19, 1947, he married the former Darlene Rice and she survives, along with a son, Jeron (Cindy) Rhodes of Urbana; eight grandchildren, Kyle (Nancy), Michael, Shelley, Craig, Angie, Amy (Ray), Shannon (Phil) and Ryan; 16 great- grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter. A 1941 graduate of Westville High School, he retired from farming and in 1988 from Midland Ross. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a member of Terre Haute United Methodist Church, VFW Post 5451, where he was a past commander, Pearce Kerns American Legion Post 120, Urbana Moose Lodge 1215, Lakeview Eagles Lodge 3615 and Lakeview AMVETS Post 39. He enjoyed bowling. The Rev. Frank E. Kampel conducts a funeral at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Walter and Smith Funeral Home, Urbana, where visitation is two hours prior. A graveside service with military honors by the U.S. Army and Pearce Kerns American Legion Post 120 is at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Terre Haute Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Mercy McAuley Center, 906 Scioto St., Urbana 43078. The family thanks the staff of Mercy McAuley Center for their special care. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/obits/r/rhodes1289gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb