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Show WM. ROGERS DIES INjCAUFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. Alger Baum left Tuesday afternoon for Needles, Calif., upon receiving word of the death of William H. Rogets, father of Mrs. Baum. Mr. Rogers passed away in Needles Tuesday morning of a heart ailment. He was 79 years old. He was born July 3, 1872 at Calumet, Mich., and came to Utati when five years of age. He lived in Butterfield canyon until a young man, and then moved to Copperfield where he worked with his father, John Rogers, and his three sons the first ore to be removed from Utah Copper mine. He was employed at Utah Apex until his retirement about 20 years ago. The Rogers family are the people referred to on the bronze plaque in front of the Utah Copper office. In September 1949, he joined his wife and daughter in Needles, Calif. Besides his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Ger-trude Rogers of Needles, he is survived by one son and three daughters, Donna Goodwin, cfl Needles; Elbert Rogers, San Bernardino, Ber-nardino, Calif.; Mrs. Florence Baum and Mrs. Leota .Muir of Bingham Canyon; five grandchildren grand-children and one great grand- child, and three brothers, Jtich-ard Jtich-ard Rogers, Salt Lake City; Frank Rogers, Grass Valley, Calif., and Lewis Rogers. Funeral services will be conducted con-ducted at Needles today, Friday, at 10:00 a. m. - |