PITTSFIELD - Norman Alvah Rogers, 94, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2012, at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. He was born on Feb. 21, 1918, in Palmyra, the son of George E. and Gladys M. (Jipson) Rogers. He attended school in Palmyra and graduated with the class of 1936 from Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield.
He married Novella M. Cookson in July 1942 and moved to Pittsfield. He served in the Army Postal Unit and was honorably discharged in 1946. He continued his postal career by working for the U.S. Postal Service in Pittsfield until his retirement in 1980.
Norman loved the outdoors. He was always walking around town, painting the house or mowing the lawn. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and was known for his bountiful vegetable garden. He also enjoyed reading the newspaper, Western novels and about the Civil War.
He was a former member of the Peltoma Fish and Game and a founding member of the First Congregational Church of Pittsfield.
He is survived by his son, Brian Rogers, and special friend Sylvia McNichol, of Pittsfield; daughter Tania Carnrick and husband Douglas, of Winslow; two grandchildren whom he thought the world of, Jillian Carnrick, of Sykesville, Md., and Jarrod Carnrick, of Winslow; and a special nephew, Alvah Wyman, and his family, of Pittsfield.
He was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Novella Rogers; and a brother, Harlan J. Rogers.
A committal service will be at Village Cemetery, Peltoma Avenue, in Pittsfield. (Morning Sentinel 5/30/2012)
He married Novella M. Cookson in July 1942 and moved to Pittsfield. He served in the Army Postal Unit and was honorably discharged in 1946. He continued his postal career by working for the U.S. Postal Service in Pittsfield until his retirement in 1980.
Norman loved the outdoors. He was always walking around town, painting the house or mowing the lawn. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and was known for his bountiful vegetable garden. He also enjoyed reading the newspaper, Western novels and about the Civil War.
He was a former member of the Peltoma Fish and Game and a founding member of the First Congregational Church of Pittsfield.
He is survived by his son, Brian Rogers, and special friend Sylvia McNichol, of Pittsfield; daughter Tania Carnrick and husband Douglas, of Winslow; two grandchildren whom he thought the world of, Jillian Carnrick, of Sykesville, Md., and Jarrod Carnrick, of Winslow; and a special nephew, Alvah Wyman, and his family, of Pittsfield.
He was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Novella Rogers; and a brother, Harlan J. Rogers.
A committal service will be at Village Cemetery, Peltoma Avenue, in Pittsfield. (Morning Sentinel 5/30/2012)
PITTSFIELD - Norman Alvah Rogers, 94, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2012, at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. He was born on Feb. 21, 1918, in Palmyra, the son of George E. and Gladys M. (Jipson) Rogers. He attended school in Palmyra and graduated with the class of 1936 from Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield.
He married Novella M. Cookson in July 1942 and moved to Pittsfield. He served in the Army Postal Unit and was honorably discharged in 1946. He continued his postal career by working for the U.S. Postal Service in Pittsfield until his retirement in 1980.
Norman loved the outdoors. He was always walking around town, painting the house or mowing the lawn. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and was known for his bountiful vegetable garden. He also enjoyed reading the newspaper, Western novels and about the Civil War.
He was a former member of the Peltoma Fish and Game and a founding member of the First Congregational Church of Pittsfield.
He is survived by his son, Brian Rogers, and special friend Sylvia McNichol, of Pittsfield; daughter Tania Carnrick and husband Douglas, of Winslow; two grandchildren whom he thought the world of, Jillian Carnrick, of Sykesville, Md., and Jarrod Carnrick, of Winslow; and a special nephew, Alvah Wyman, and his family, of Pittsfield.
He was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Novella Rogers; and a brother, Harlan J. Rogers.
A committal service will be at Village Cemetery, Peltoma Avenue, in Pittsfield. (Morning Sentinel 5/30/2012)
He married Novella M. Cookson in July 1942 and moved to Pittsfield. He served in the Army Postal Unit and was honorably discharged in 1946. He continued his postal career by working for the U.S. Postal Service in Pittsfield until his retirement in 1980.
Norman loved the outdoors. He was always walking around town, painting the house or mowing the lawn. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and was known for his bountiful vegetable garden. He also enjoyed reading the newspaper, Western novels and about the Civil War.
He was a former member of the Peltoma Fish and Game and a founding member of the First Congregational Church of Pittsfield.
He is survived by his son, Brian Rogers, and special friend Sylvia McNichol, of Pittsfield; daughter Tania Carnrick and husband Douglas, of Winslow; two grandchildren whom he thought the world of, Jillian Carnrick, of Sykesville, Md., and Jarrod Carnrick, of Winslow; and a special nephew, Alvah Wyman, and his family, of Pittsfield.
He was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Novella Rogers; and a brother, Harlan J. Rogers.
A committal service will be at Village Cemetery, Peltoma Avenue, in Pittsfield. (Morning Sentinel 5/30/2012)
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