Obit: Rodgers, Kenneth A. (1911 - 1974)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Rodgers, Killion, Cummings, Lewis, Morgan, Antrim

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/14/1974

Rodgers, Kenneth A. (16 June 1911 – 9 November 1974)

Kenneth A. Rodgers, 63, Greenwood died early Saturday morning, November 9 at the Memorial Home, Neillsville, where he had been a patient since October 1970.

Mr. Rodgers was born June 16, 1911 at Adelphi, Ia. He received his education in schools in Runnells, Ia. He came to Clark County in 1929 with his parents and lived in the Greenwood area ever since.

He was married December 29, 1943 in Hattiesburg, Ms., to Irene Killion, who survives him.

He was a member of the Wallis-Hinker American Legion Post, of which he was a past commander, and service officer for many years; also, a member of the Disabled American Veterans of Marshfield and of the Chef de Gare 40 et 8 of Clark County and helped to establish and promote the nursing scholarships sponsored by the 40 et 8. He was alderman for the city of Greenwood for a number of years and was a member of the Clark County fair board, until his health failed. He had love and faith for his country and for his fellow man and he did good works.

Surviving him besides his wife are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rodgers of Plainfield; one sister, Mrs. Betty Cummings of Bancroft; one half-sister, Audrey of Plainfield, a half-brother, Harold of Sioux City, Ia.; a step-brother John Lewis of Texas and a step-sister, Mrs. Margaret Morgan of Des Moines, Ia.

Funeral services were scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 12 at the Grace United Methodist Church. The Rev. Eugene Antrim, pastor officiated. Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery, with the Wallis-Hinker Legion Post No. 238 performing Military rites.