OBIT: Joseph A. ROGERS, 1980, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  ROGERS
  
  Joseph A. Rogers, 87, Ashland, Ohio, died at the Ashland Samaritan
  Hospital Saturday morning.  Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 30, 1892,
  the son of Clarence and Sarah (Moore) Rogers.  He had resided in
  Ashland, Ohio, since the fall of 1978, coming there from Akron, Ohio.
  A retired employee of the Atlantic Refining Company, he retired in
  1957.  He was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church and
  Washington Masonic Lodge No, 253 of Pittsburgh, Pa.  A member of Akron
  Tadmor Temple, he was a 32nd Degree Mason, a member of the Scottish
  Rite and a member of the Ashland County Shrine Club.  A veteran of WW
  I, he fought in the battle of the Argonne Forest.  On Nov. 19, 1919,
  he was married to Sue Marie Younkin, who survives him.  He Is also
  survived by two sons, Calvin Y. Rogers, Ashland, Ohio, and Glenn J.
  Rogers, Lake Charles, La.; one sister, Mts. Melva Casler, Largo,
  FLa.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  Funeral
  services 3 p.m. Tuesday from the DenbowPrimm Funeral Home, Ashland,
  Ohio.  Burial will be in the Addison Cemetery, Somerset County, Pa.,
  where a graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with Dr.
  Arthur J. Gotjen, Confluence, officiating.  The family suggests that
  memorial contributions may be made to the Christ United Methodist
  Church or to a favorite charity.
  
  Daily American, January 22, 1980
  
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