OBIT: Mark D. ROGERS, 1967, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MARK D. ROGERS

Of 2635 Pleasant Valley Blvd., well known in business and military 
circles in Altoona, died unexpectedly at 11:55 p.m. yesterday at his 
home following a heart attack.  Mr. Rogers was born in Johnstown May 1, 
1909, a son of William and Junia (Mangus) Rogers, and was married to 
the former Miss Betty Schade of Altoona.  Surviving are his wife, his 
step-mother, Mrs. Kathryn Rogers of Altoona; two sisters, Mrs. Thelda 
VanMeter of Whitney, Ont., Can., and Mrs. Norma MacLean of Birmingham, 
Mich., and a brother, Luke S. of Rome, N.Y.  Mr. Rogers was owner of 
the Will Rogers Company in Altoona, vice president of the Altoona 
Council of the Navy League, commandant of the U.S.S. Blair Sea Cadet 
Unit in Altoona, sponsored by the Navy League, vice president of Penn 
Lanes, Inc., a director of the Blair County Chapter, Pennsylvania 
Association of the Blind, Inc., and a veteran of World War II, serving 
as an officer in the Army Air Corps.  Mr. Rogers was of the Protestant 
faith.  Friends will be received in the Stevens Mortuary from 7 to 9 
p.m. tomorrow and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

Altoona Mirror, January 10, 1967, p. 13

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