John Sullivan Rogers

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rec'd per e-mail Jan 2002 from son Jim Rogers


ROGERS Passed peacefully away at his home in Lawn, on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, in the presence of his loving family, John Sullivan Rogers, formerly of St. Leonard's, Placentia Bay, age 83 years. Predeceased by his parents James and Mary Cecelia (Sullivan) Rogers and brothers Bernard, Harry, and Peter. Leaving to mourn are his devoted wife and best friend of 57 years, Marie (Connors); sons James and wife Ellen of Lawn, Peter and wife Rose of Marystown, and daughter Jeanne and husband John MacDonald of Cartwright; grandsons Jimmy, wife Holly and great granddaughter Kathleen Marie Rogers at St. John's, Darryl Rogers at Edmonton, Peter Rogers at St. John's, and John and Ian MacDonald at Cartwright; granddaughters Ann Marie Rogers at St. John's, and Pamela Rogers at Marystown, and a large circle of other relatives and friends. Resting at Holy Name of Jesus Church, Lawn. Mass of Christian burial on Friday April 23, at 10:30 A.M. Interment at Mount St. Anne Cemetery, Lawn. Flowers gratefully accepted or donations may be made to the Wake Chapel at Holy Name of Jesus Church, Lawn.

John married Ann Marie Connors, daughter of Thomas Patrick Connors and Catherine "Kate" Parsons, on 4 Jan 1942. (Ann Marie Connors was born on 13 May 1920 in Clattice Harbor NW, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, died on 8 Jun 2014 in Lawn, Newfoundland and was buried in Mount St. Anne Cemetery in Lawn, Newfoundland.)