Boyd Rogers

Boyd Rogers, 77, a 20 year East Wenatchee resident and 66 year Wenatchee Valley resident, passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2011 at Highline Convalescent Center in East Wenatchee. He was born on December 7, 1933 at Ash Flat, Arkansas to the late Otis Gilbert and Zettie Mae Rogers. The family moved to the Monitor area in November of 1944. Boyd attended Monitor Grade School and Cashmere High School, where he played baseball. He graduated from Cashmere High School in 1951 and he entered the U.S. Army in 1953. He served during the Korean Conflict as a Teletype Operator, stationed at Fairbanks, Alaska. He received his honorable discharge in February of 1956 and later married his sweetheart, Mary Ann Gray, on April 21, 1956 in Cashmere, where they made their first home together. Boyd worked at Safeway in Cashmere prior to going to work for Pepsi Cola as a Delivery Driver. In 1966, they moved their family to Wenatchee. While he continued to work for Pepsi Cola, they also began working as managers of the Avenue Motel. They lived at the motel and were managers off and on for over a 20 year span. His job at Pepsi Cola had worked him into sales and bottling, before they stopped local bottling. In 1988, he went to work at K.B. Alloys where he remained until retiring in 1999. They had moved to make their home in East Wenatchee in 1990. He was a member of the Wenatchee Downtown Rotary Club, a 27 year member of Wenatchee Aerie # 204 Fraternal Order of Eagles, a longtime member of the Bowling Service League and had played on a number of the softball leagues. Boyd never met a stranger and with his days at the motel, it is said that "He knew every license plate in the valley". He enjoyed his family, watching all sports and Friday Night Poker. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Mary Ann Rogers, East Wenatchee; four children and their spouses, Patti & Randy Mann, Kirkland, WA, Jeff & Sandy Rogers, Redmond, WA, Mark & Araceli Rogers, Kirkland, WA and Julie & Shane Duncan, East Wenatchee; one sister, Wilma Schroeder, Cashmere and 10 grandchildren, Sarah, Carly, Rylee, Peyton, Brenden, Kaitlyn, Rhiannon, Makenzie, Callie and Dani. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Drexel Rogers and one sister, Jean Brown. A Commemoration service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 8th at Newsong Community Church, 11 North Iowa, East Wenatchee with Pastor Tim Wilbur officiating. A concluding service with Military Honors will follow in the Mausoleum Chapel at Evergreen Memorial Park. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Friday from noon to 8:00 p.m. Friends who wish may make memorial donations in his name to the American Diabetes Association, Wenatchee Youth Baseball or the Greater Wenatchee Girls Softball Association. You are invited to sign Boyd's guest book or leave a comment online by visiting www.HeritageMemorialChapel.com . Arrangements are in the care of Heritage Memorial Chapel, East Wenatchee.

Boyd Rogers

December 7, 1933 - January 2, 2011