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Obituaries
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Daniel 'Danny' Rogers
Age: 71
City: Fairfield
Funeral Date
Later date
Funeral Home
Behner Funeral Home
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Daniel 'Danny' Rogers
DANIEL "DANNY" ROY ROGERS
Fairfield
Daniel "Danny" Roy Rogers, 71, of Fairfield,
passed away Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, at Des Moines Iowa Lutheran Hospital. The immediate family will hold a graveside service at Pleasant Plain Friends Cemetery with a public Celebration of Life service at a later date. Memorials have been established to Pleasant Plain Friends Church and the Richland Lions Club and can be mailed to Rosanne Rogers, 1346 Hwy. 1, Fairfield, IA 52556.
Danny was born Jan. 7, 1949, in Fairfield, to Roy Weldon and Edith Marie (Elmore) Rogers. He married Rosanne Carolee Blosser on Aug. 7, 1971. This year they celebrated 49 years of marriage.
Danny served in the National Guard and earned his Diesel Tech degree through Indian Hills. He was the founder of Rogers Ag Repair and a lifelong farmer. Danny served in numerous positions at Pleasant Plain Friends Church and the Richland Lions Club. He was formerly on the board of trustees for William Penn University and the Greater Jefferson County Foundation.
Danny will be missed by his wife, Rosanne of Fairfield; his children, Brent (Renee) Rogers of Ottumwa, Anita (Chad) McCue of Bloomington, Ill., Curt (LaShai) Rogers and Andy (Brittany) Rogers, both of Packwood; his father, Roy Rogers; and two siblings, Jean (Joe) White of Mesa, Ariz., and Mark (Caralee) Rogers of Douds, Iowa. He was a doting grandfather to Cyrus, Hannah, Weston and Owen Rogers and Cole, Eva, Gray, and Camden McCue, as well as many special nieces and nephews.
Danny was preceded in death by his mother, Marie Rogers.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.behnerfh.com.