This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rogers, Jenkins, Bailey, Williams, Sheldon Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4103 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. January 19, 1928.-- While "Uncle" Dell Rogers had been in failing health for a long time, his death came as a shock to the community, as he was worse only a short time. He died Thursday morning at 2 o'clock. He was born January 25, 1845 in Pulaski, New York, and when nine years old came to Fremont county with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Almon Rogers, who were among the early settlers of western Iowa. He was reared and spent nearly all of his life in this same community. All of his working years he was engaged in farming. He was married to Miss Dolly Jenkins of this place, September 2, 1869, she having passed away February 23, 1920. Mr. Rogers was one of the best known pioneers of this county and for many years had been prominent in Masonic circles. He had scores of friends any place he was known, always being ready to render aid to those in need. He had lived in this one precinct for nearly seventy-five years, watching and helping it grow from a few scattered settlers to one of the finest farming districts in the middle west. He is survived by the following children: Ernest R. of Percival; Fred of Glenwood; Mrs. Eva Elkins of Stockholm, Nebraska; Mrs. Carrie Holsclaw, and Clark A. of Percival; Mrs. Roberta Bailey of Eden, Idaho; also two sisters, Mrs. Mary Williams of Akron, Colorado, and Mrs. Emma Sheldon of Percival. All the children were at his bedside when death came except Mrs. Bailey. Funeral services were held at the house Sunday afternoon. Burial was made in Wyuka cemetery, Nebraska City, where his Masonic brothers had charge.