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Obituary -- Spokane Chronicle, Spokane, Washington; Saturday, 2 NOV 1957, p.11 (Newspapers.com):

William R. Everitt

PASCO, Wash., Nov. 2 -- Funeral services for William Roy Everitt, Pasco, who died Thursday of a heart attack while repairing a friend's car, will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, at the Lee funeral home in Pasco.

The Rev. Kent Spaulding of the Pasco First Lutheran church will officiate. Burial will be in City View cemetery.

Mr. Everitt was born February 16, 1932 in North Canton, Ohio, and came to Pasco in 1947.

Survivors are his wife, Verna, two daughters, Judy Marie, 4, and Joyce Lynn, 6 months, and one son, Gary Lee, 3, all at the home; one brother, Dave Everitt, Pasco; his mother, Mrs. William Dyer, Pasco; and his father, Roy C. Everitt, Pasco.

Obituary, Springfield Daily News, May 8, 1920 (via findagrave.com):

PROMINENT ATTORNEY DIES HERE

Robert C. Rodgers Succumbs After Illness of Two Days

Robert C. Rodgers, 67, one of the city's highly respected citizens, prominent attorney and churchman, died Saturday morning at 6 o'clock at his home 211 North Limestone street. His death was due to heart trouble induced by abdominal obstruction. He had been ill only since Thursday. Up until that time he had been in his usual good health.

He was a man universally liked and was connected with one of the city's oldest families. Mr. Rodgers possessed a kind and genial disposition and ever placed his time at the disposal of his friends, when he could lend them a helping hand.

He was born in Knox county, Pennsylvania, and when five years of age, came to this city with his parents. In Springfield he enjoyed the educational advantages offered, attending private schools and Wittenberg college. His father, Rev. James L. Rodgers, will be remembered as a well known pastor and educator.

Upon completion of his studies at Wittenberg college, he went to Princeton university, becoming a member of the class of 1875. He left college in his junior year and returned to Springfield in order to enter upon the study of law. This completed, he was admitted to the bar in 1877. Since that time he had been in continuous practice. At the time of his death, he occupied a place of prominence in his profession throughout Clark county.

Mr. Rodgers was married to Miss Emma White in 1879. She is the daughter of the late Judge William White. The wife, and two sons, William W. Rodgers, now in business in Buenos Aires, South America, and James Linn Rodgers, formerly of the United States navy, and now in business in New York city, survive him.

Mr. Rodgers was a member of the former Second Presbyterian church and retained his membership when that church merged with the First Presbyterian church, becoming the Covenant church. He also belonged to the Clark County Bar association.

Obituary (Springfield Daily News, via Findagrave.com):

FORMER TELLER IN BANK DIES

James Denny Rodgers Succumbs at Age of 75 Years

Death claimed James Denny Rodgers, 75, at 9 p.m. Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. F. Minear, 30 Roosevelt Dr. He was one of the city's prominent citizens, and for a number of years a teller in the former First National Bank.

He was the son of Rev. James L. and Hettie Rodgers and was born in Mt. Joy, Pa. He had spent all his life since early youth in Springfield and was educated in the Springfield public schools. He was a graduate of Wittenberg College.

He was a traveling salesman for The Safety Emery Wheel Co. of Springfield. He had been associated with The Lagonda Publishing Co. for the last 15 years until his recent death.

Mr. Rodgers was born July 14, 1856, and was married June 10, 1891, to Elizabeth Morris, who survives. He was a member of the Covenant Presbyterian Church.

Besides his widow are surviving two daughters, Mrs. James F. Minear, at whose home he died; and Mrs. Charles S. Passavant III, of Zelienople, Pa.; a sister, Mrs. Mary Prothero, Detroit, Mich.; four grandchildren, James Rodgers Minear, Martha Jane Minear, Elizabeth Randolph Passavant and Lillian Virginia Passavant.

The body may be viewed at the Herr and Craver Undertaking Parlors from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Thursday.

Funeral services will be held at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Minear, 30 Roosevelt Dr., at 2 p.m. Thursday in charge of Rev. Dr. Charles Ryan Adams, pastor of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. Burial will be made in Ferncliff Cemetery.

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

WILLIAM RODGERS DIES

He Was Operated on at Boston for Cancer of the Jaw

William Rodgers of 225 N. Limestone street, died yesterday morning at 11o'clock, at the age of 41 years.

Several days ago he was operated on in a Boston hospital for the removal of a cancer on the upper jaw. He was brought back to this city, but sank steadily until the summons came.

Mr. Rodgers was bookkeeper at the Springfield Malleable Iron Foundry, an exemplary citizen with a host of friends.

He leaves a widow, formerly Miss Paul, of Boston, and one son, aged 4 years.

! (Copied from the Daily Morning Sun, Friday, October 6, 1899).

Obituary -- Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, Tuesday, 20 NOV 1934, p.9 (Newspapers.com):

Mrs. Mary R. Prothero

A heart attack, after an illness of two weeks, resulted in the death Monday of Mrs. Mary Rodgers Prothero, 71 years old, of 29 Highland Ave., Highland Park.

Mrs. Prothero, a daughter of the Rev. James L. Rodgers, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Springfield, O. She attended a finishing school at Bergen Point, N.J., and after returning to Springfield, moved to Marshall, Mich. Twenty years ago she and her husband, Frank W., now deceased, came to Detroit.

She leaves three daughters, Miss Hetty Prothero, with whom she lived; Mrs. G. G. Germaine and Mrs. C. V. Burnett. The body will be at the William R. Hamilton Chapel, 3975 Cass Ave., until Tuesday morning, when it will be taken to Springfield for services and burial.

Obituary, Springield Daily News, Monday, November 24, 1930 (via findagrave.com):

WIDOW DIES IN NEW YORK CITY

Mrs. Emma White Rodgers Succumbs While in East

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma White Rodgers, who died Saturday in New York City, will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Martin on E. High st. at 3 p.m. Monday. Burial will be made in Ferncliff cemetery.

Mrs. Rodgers was a former resident of this city and the widow of Robert C. Rodgers. She had lived in New York City for the last two years.

She was the daughter of the late Judge William White, for many years a judge of the supreme court of Ohio, and a sister of the late Judge Charles R. White, formerly judge of the common pleas court of Clark County. Her husband, who preceded her in death, was a local attorney.

Mrs. Rodgers was for many years a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, and continued as a member of the Covenant Presbyterian Church upon its formation after the merger.

A few years ago she moved to New York, where her two sons, William White Rodgers and James Linn Rodgers, her only immediate survivors, reside.

Obituary (Findagrave.com):

MRS. ELIZABETH M. RODGERS

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Rodgers, 96, a former Springfield resident, died Friday morning in the home of a daughter, Mrs. C. S. Passavant, III, of Zelienople, Pa.

She was the widow of James Rodgers, who died 30 years ago. The couple lived all their married life in Springfield. Mrs. Rodgers, after her husband's death, divided her residence between Zelienople and Springfield. When here she lived with another daughter, Mrs. J. F. Minear of 1828 St. Paris pk.

Mrs. Rodgers was a member of the board of the Clark Memorial Home. She was born in Louisville, Ky., April 2, 1860.

In addition to her daughters, she is survived by four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Her body was taken to the Littleton funeral home where friends may call Monday afternoon and evening. Services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. the Rev. Harold I. Myers, Jr., pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, will have charge of rites. Burial will be in Ferncliff Cemetery.