The Lexington Leader newspaper (of Lexington, Texas) - Obituaries for the Issue Week March 23, 2006 Gertrude M. (Wortham) Hart June 19, 1915 – March 18, 2006 Gertrude Hart, 90, formerly of Rockdale, passed away at Park Place Manor in Belton on March 18, 2006. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale on March 22, 2006. Rev. John Warren of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Rockdale will officiate. Burial is to be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Rockdale. Gertrude was born on June 19, 1915 in Freestone County, Texas. Her parents were Samuel S. and Myrtle Anderson Wortham. She married David Henry Hart, Jr. on October 13, 1934 in Dallas. She was a homemaker and lived in Rockdale for 48 years prior to moving to Temple five years ago. When in Rockdale, she was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church. She loved to play golf and bridge. She also loved to travel. Her husband, David and her parents preceded her in death. She is survived by her daughters, Carolyn Harris and husband Gordon of Austin and Patricia Rogge and husband, William of The Grove; grandchildren, Melissa Reynolds and husband, Mark, Christopher Harris, Debbie Peterson and husband, Michael, Gregory Harris and wife, Theresa and Michael and Andrea Rogge; great grandchildren, Phillip and Sarah Peterson, Emily and Claire Reynolds, Shannon Whitley, Ashley Harris, Alyssa and Andrew Rogge, and Vicente Rogge; great great grandchild, Mary Madson Whitley. She is also survived by her sister, Doris Johnson of Rockdale. Serving as pallbearers were Ron Johnson, Michael Rogge, Gregory Harris, B.O. Stone, Phillip Peterson, Michael Peterson, Charles Wortham, Mark Reynolds, Christopher Harris, Adrian Johnson, and Malcom Wortham. Honorary pallbearers were Jimmy Green, Doug Smith, Mickey Brannam, Siegfried Backhaus, and Wilhelm Backhaus. Memorials may be sent to St. John’s United Methodist Church in Rockdale or to the American Diabetes Association.