- Date Of Birth: March 20, 1926
- Date Of Death: March 13, 2019
- State: Idaho
Our beloved father Russel R. Rogers peacefully passed away on the morning of March 13, 2019 in Pocatello, Idaho due to complications from a cardiac arrest.
He was born on March 20, 1926 in Preston, Idaho to George Spencer & Hannah Mathilda Rogers. He was 1 of 12 children. Dad grew up in Preston, graduating from Preston High School where he played football, basketball and participated in school musicals.
In 1944 he honorably served his country during World War II in the Navy as a machinery gunman.
In 1947 he began his career as a lineman with Mountain Bell. He retired in 1984 from AT&T as a business systems technician and then started his own business installing phone systems for area businesses.
In 1954, he met Elaine Lucille Christofferson and they married on September 3, 1955 in Malad, ID and solemnized their marriage in the Idaho Falls Temple in 1965. They made their home in Pocatello for the past 64 years and raised 4 children, Kim, Kristie, Karalee, and Darren.
