OBIT: Joseph F. ROGERS, 2000, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  ROGERS
  
  Joseph F. Rogers, 57, of 402 Sauders Rd. Palm Bay, Fla. 32909, died
  Oct. 12, 2000 at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
  Born Sept. 17, 1943 in Brooklyn, N.Y.  Son of the late Joseph and
  Letteria (Sciabba) Rogers.  Survived by wife the former Betty Jane
  Coppola, daughter Michelle Rogers, Palm Bay, Fla., aunt Teresa Rini,
  Brooklyn, cousin Robert Canino, Long Island, N.Y., and mother-in-law
  Estelle (Neri) Coppola.  Friedens RD. Graduate of St. Francis College,
  Brooklyn. Observed 32nd wedding anniversary Sept. 27, 2000. Former
  quartermaster in the U.S. Naval Reserve, later serving as a major in
  the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War.  Retired major in the U.S.
  Air Force Reserve and also retired from the New York Air National
  Guard.  Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Hoffman
  Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell, where vigil for the deceased will
  be held at 2 p.m. Sunday.  Funeral mass at 10 a.m. Monday at All
  Saints Chapel, Acosta, Rev. Martin Breski, O.F.M. Cony. celebrant.
  Committal, Mt. Carmel Cemetery near Jennerstown with graveside
  military rites in charge of Bolling Air Force Base Honor Guard.
  
  Daily American, October 14, 2000
  
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