Claudia Rogers 1928-2020

Claudia Mae Rogers, 92, Holton, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020.

She was born July 28, 1928, in Oklahoma City, Okla., the daughter of Claud and Lillie Easlon Hiner. She attended public schools in Oklahoma City and graduated from Capitol Hill High School in 1946.

Mrs. Rogers and her family moved to Kansas in 1973, then spent several years in Houston, Texas, before settling in Oklahoma City in 1989. She worked as a pharmacy secretary at Southwest Medical Center until retiring in the late 1990s to care for her husband. She moved back to Kansas in 2017.

She married Bud Rogers in February 1956. He died June 2, 1999. She also was preceded in death by her parents; two siblings, John Clifford Hiner and Marlene Miller; a son-in-law, David Owens; and a granddaughter, Courtney Owens Bond.

Survivors include four children, Shirley Owens, Becky Shultz and husband Terry, Kurt Rogers and wife Vickie and Michelle Raaf and husband Tony; grandchildren, Jennifer Owens Hill and husband Victor, Bryan Shultz, Kimberly Shultz and husband Landon Schurtz, Nicole Rogers Cordova and husband Todd, Derek Rogers, Brandon Kathrens and wife Breanna, Tyler Raaf and wife Tonya and Blake Raaf; 11 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and other family members.

A celebration of Mrs. Rogers’ life was held Friday, Sept. 18 at Resthaven Memory Gardens in Oklahoma City. Advantage Funeral and Cremation Service in Oklahoma City was in charge of arrangements.

Condolences may be sent to Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.