It is with the hope of the resurrection that the family announces the passing away of Phoebe Rogers of Mayfair, Sask. on Dec. 22, 2016 at the nursing home in Spiritwood. Mom was born in the Woodbend area near Edmonton, Alberta on June 18, 1920 (Her birth certificate says July 2, 1920, but that is likely the day it was registered). Mom was number 7 in a family of 10. 1920 was also the year that our police force was given the name of RCMP, the founding of the League of Nations and the first news broadcast on the radio. Mom grew up on the family farm helping with the various household duties and farm chores. This gave her a very rounded education in the practical things of life. Even at a young age mom was very conscientious. When she was 12 years old she publicly took her stand for Christ by being baptized. 聽She always wanted to do what she felt was right, and never wanted to offend or hurt anybody. She took her elementary schooling in the Woodbend one room country school, high-school in Edmonton and a year of college at Canadian Junior College at Lacombe, Alberta. At college she met our dad Audley Rogers, and they were married October 31, 1942. This union was blessed with four children, Ernie, Earl, Dale and Dave. The family lived in various places in Alberta, Saskatchewan and BC doing different things. Then in 1954 we all moved to a farm in the Mayfair area as Mom and Dad thought the farm would be a better place to raise the children. Mom enjoyed quite good health throughout her life with very few stays in a hospital, and was able to stay in her own home with some extra help, until she took a bad fall in the summer of 2012. After that she needed someone to help take care of her full time. Her two daughter-in-laws Greta and Eunice did a fantastic job of taking care of Mom by alternating responsibilities back and forth every 1-4 weeks. Even though Mom's memory was failing, yet she could still sing from memory a favourite song that she had learned in childhood, 鈥淭here's No Disappointment in Heaven鈥�. In September 2016 Mom lost all ability to walk, and was failing generally. On November 28th we took Mom to the nursing home in Spiritwood. On December 22nd she quietly passed away after having been put to bed for the night. The funeral service was held on Dec.30,2016 at Battlefords Funeral Service Garden Chapel, and the Interment was at the Woodlawn Cemetery near Neilburg beside Dad who was laid to rest in 2007. Mom was predeceased by her parents, her husband, all of her brothers and sisters, her son Ernie, and her grandchildren Evelyn and Gordon. She is survived by her sons: Earl (Joan), Dale (Eunice), Dave (Greta) Rogers; daughter-in-law, Edna Rogers; 10 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren. We have many good memories of our loving Christian mother as she set us a good example in many ways, and always tried to teach us to do what was right. Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service.
