George Weldon "Weldon" Rogers
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Myrtle Swain Rogers
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Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - January 9, 1931
George Weldon ROGERS was born in North Carolina, March 3, 1898. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. ROGERS, who now reside at Burns, Colo., brought their family to this state when Weldon was four years old. After a residence of eight years at Burns the family moved to Eagle and later to Sweetwater where Weldon grew to young manhood.
During a visit with relatives back in North Carolina, he met Miss Myrtle SWAIN whom he married. The young couple took up ranching on Sweetwater, but afterwards moved to Burns and then to Red Cliff. In November, 1929, while operating a crusher at the Empire Zinc Company mine, Mr. ROGERS suffered a bad accident when one foot was crushed. Left with impaired vigor, he was never able to regain complete health.
Last Tuesday Mr. ROGERS was taken to Glenwood Springs for an operation for appendicitis. Double pneumonia developed and caused his death on Friday afternoon, January 2. He died at the age of 32 years, 9 months and 29 days.
Mr. ROGERS leaves his wife and two little daughters, Genevieve, 10, and Margaret, 6. He is survived by his aged father and mother. Other relatives are a grandfather who lives in North Carolina, and who has attained the great age of 101 years; also four brothers and three sisters are left, Weldon being the first of a large family to be taken by death.
We may surely commend the young widow and these tender orphans to the loving care of a wise Father who "maketh all things work together for good to them that love him."
Funeral services were held in Eagle Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Mr. STOCKINGER preaching the sermon, and the body was laid to rest in the Eagle cemetery, followed by a large number of sorrowing friends and relatives.
