Obit of Rodgers, Ira Jim - Woods County, Oklahoma Transcribed by: Gene Phillips 23 Jul 2006 Return to Woods County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/woods/woods.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Municipal Cemetery--Alva OK Alva Review Courier 10 Jun 2004 Ira Jim Rodgers, 78, Alva Ira James 'Jim' Rodgers, son of the late Arthur and Ethyl Mandy (Skinner) Rodgers, was born June 16, 1925 at Gore, Oklahoma, and passed away June 9, 2004, at Share Medical Center in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 78 years, 11 months, and 23 days. Besides his parents and his wife, Avis, he was preceded in death by one sister, Missouri; and two grandchildren; Michelle Mathis and James Lee Hofer. Jim is survived by his wife, Elsie, of Alva; two step daughters with his marriage with Avis, Carolyn Hofer and her husband, Bill, of Alva, and Sandra Redlon and her husband, Benny, of Tonkawa; five step children with his marriage with Elsie, Juliann Bartlett and her husband, Johnny, of Alva, Janice Mathis and her husband, David, of Cherokee, Jeff Barr and his wife, Janette, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, Joyce Stebens and her husband, Darren, of Alva, and Jill Glasse and her husband, Robert, of Wichita, Kansas. Also surviving are three brothers, Bill Rodgers and his wife, Violet, of Sallisaw, Clifford Rodgers of Antlers, and John Rodgers of Gore; three sisters, Jackie Rodgers of New Jersey, Ellen Muir of New Jersey, and Lucy Sapphore and her husband, Dan, of Pennsylvania; four grandchildren, Connie Hofer of Alva, Wayne Hofer and his wife, Donna, of Alva, Jim-Jim Hofer of Alva, and Anthony Ginder of Tonkawa; 14 other grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren; other relatives and many friends. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 12, 2004, at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Hartsell Johnson officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for cancer research or to the Moose Charities. Remembrances may be share with the family at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Woods County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/woods/woods.html