Bruce Tryon Rogers

Bruce Tryon Rogers, DDS, age 63 of Prospect Mountain Road in Alton, NH, died unexpectedly on Sunday August 17, 2003 at home in Alton, he also resided at 62 Field Street in Naugatuck, Connecticut.

He was born in Washington,D.C. on March 20, 1940, a son of Dr. Everett T. Rogers and the late Edna MacDonald Rogers.

Dr. Rogers was a graduate of McTernan School in Waterbury, CT and Loomis Prep School in Windsor, CT. He received his undergraduate degree from Roanoke College and his Doctor of Dentistry from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, in 1966. Upon graduation he entered the United States Air Force and served as a Captain during the Vietnam War.In 1968, he opened his dental practice in Naugatuck, CT.

He was a member and past President of the Naugatuck Rotary club, where he was a Paul Harris Fellow. He was a Corporator of the Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan Association and a member of the Advisory Board of Naugatuck Youth Services. He had served as a member of the Naugatuck Red Cross Board and Disaster Services Committee, the United Way and the Naugatuck YMCA. He also was a volunteer with Special Olympics. For many years, he was an Eagle Scout Board of Review members and was involved with the Middlebury,CT Boy Scouts. A member of Shepherd Salem Lodge #78 A.F.& A.M., the Scottish Rite Bodies Valley of Waterbury, the Lafayette Consistory, 32 Degree, Valley of Bridgeport; Sphinx Shriners of Newington and a former member of the Kaabans Shrine Club of Plymouth, CT.

Survivors include his wife: Patricia Taylor Rogers and his father: Dr. Everett T. Rogers, one son: Keith Rogers of Tuftonboro, NH, 3 daughters: Kristyn Bernier of New Durham, NH, Paige Rogers of Concord, NH and Sloane Courtemanche of Alton, NH, a sister: Bonnie Pepperman of Moultonboro, NH, 2 grandchildren: Morghan and Jagger and his father in law: George B. Taylor of Alton, NH.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday September 13, 2003 at 11:00 am. at the family farm on Prospect Mountain Road in Alton, NH with the Rev. Dwight V. Meader of Rochester, NH, officiating. A luncheon will be served following. Contributions may be made to the New Durham Park & Recreation, New Durham, NH 03855 or the Alton Park & Recreation, Alton, NH 03809. Arrangements are in the care of C.E. Peaslee and Son Alton Funeral Home.