Dorothy Miller Rogers Aug. 6, 1926-Sept. 20, 2017


Dorothy Miller Rogers

     Dorothy Miller Rogers, age 91, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness.

     A life celebration service will be held at 11 Saturday morning, Sept. 23, 2017 at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, where friends may call after 9:30. Interment will be in the Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. Reed Stockman will officiate at the services.

     Surviving are three children, Trudy (Joel) Wilson, Miles, Marty (Susan) Miller, Moline, Ill., Donna (Don) Moriarty, Cedar Rapids; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two step-children, Ron (Linda) Rogers, Cedar Rapids, Evelyn (Jim) Buol, Atalissa. She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, Don Miller and Floyd Rogers, and her sister, Betty Melsha. 

     Dorothy Rose Bartlett was born Aug. 6, 1926 at Monticello, Iowa. She was the daughter of Brian and Gertrude Lambert, Bartlett. Dorothy graduated from the Monticello Community Schools with the class of 1944. She married Don Miller on Aug. 16, 1944 at the Little Brown Church, Nashua. The couple lived in Monticello and Dorothy was the office manager at Dayton Yousse Refrigeration and later at Job Service of Iowa. Don would precede her in death on Nov. 16, 1989.

     In 1996 Dorothy and a friend attended the Senior Prom in Monticello where she met Floyd Rogers. They were married Aug. 11, 1996. They enjoyed their life together until Floyd’s death in 2011. 

     Dorothy was always first a mother and wife. She enjoyed cooking, baking and canning for her family. She also loved to crochet and sew. 

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