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Submitted: 8/24/22 • Approved: 8/25/22 • Last Updated: 8/28/22 • R533073-G533073-S3
Sarah Eleanor Tiefel Rogers
January 10, 1910-October 30, 1940
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Eleanor Rogers, 30, were held Sunday at the First Christian Church with Rev. H.R. Ferking, of Amarillo, pastor of the Hereford Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment was in West Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Rogers died Thursday afternoon, October 31, in the hospital here after an illness of about one week.
Survivors include the husband, J.A. Rogers, two sons, Gayle, 13, and Johnnie, 11; one daughter, Susie LaJuana, 9; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tiefel; two sisters, Mrs. Buren Sowell and Mrs. Thurmond Johnson, and other relatives.
Mrs. Rogers was born January 10, 1910 in Brazil, Ind., and came to Deaf Smith county that same year with her parents.
She was a member of the Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Rogers was brought to Hereford at the age of three months and lived here her entire life with the exception of about four years that she lived in Denver, Colo. She attended Hereford public schools.
Pallbearers were August Frye, Paul Frye, Henry Wedel, Raleigh Wedel, Glenn Snyder and Phil Radovich.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 40th Year-Number 45, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, November 7, 1940, Page 1)
Card of Thanks
We wish to take this opportunity to try to express our appreciation to all those friends who have been so kind and who have helped us so willingly during the illness and death of our loved one. We wish especially to thank Dr. LeGrand and the nurses for their every kindness and constant vigilance. It is impossible to tell you all how much your thoughtfulness has meant to us, but we pray that you may all know the gratitude that is in our hearts.
May God bless everyone of you.
Humbly and sincerely,
Amon Rogers, Gayle, Johnny, and Susie
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tiefel
Mr. and Mrs. Buren Sowell and family
Mr. and Mrs. Thurmond Johnson and family
Ed Tiefel
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 40th Year-Number 45, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, November 7, 1940, Page 6)
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Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Eleanor Tiefel
Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1926
Marriage Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: John Amon Rogers
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Eleanor Rogers
Death Date: 31 Oct 1940
Death County: Deaf Smith
Certificate: 45269
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Eleznor Rogers
[Eleznor Tiefel]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 30
Birth Date: 10 Jan 1910
Birth Place: Indiana
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 31 Oct 1940
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: H L Tiefel
Mother: Susie Watkins
Contributed on 8/24/22 by neldapat
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