Daniel J. Rogers

DANIEL J. ROGERS Age 78 of Portage, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2005. Dan had been a resident of Northwest Indiana since 1940 and was a member of Horace Mann High School, Class of 1945. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Dan retired from U.S. Steel with 28 years of service and also retired from Methodist Hospital with 8 years of service. He was active in the Civil Air Patrol and retired in 1965 as a 1st Lieutenant. Dan was a lifetime member of the Methodist Hospital Auxiliary. Survivors: loving wife of 40 years, Janet; 3 children: Faye Ellen (Edwin) Manalang of Burbank, IL, Royal L. (Nancy) Harty of Valparaiso, Janet Ellen (Robert) Pilenak of Kingston, GA; 6 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; 2 sisters: Marjorie J. Rogers of Valparaiso and Gail Lynn (Harry) Burdett of Orland Hills, IL; many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents, Daniel and Alice Rogers; 1 brother, Donald Jesse Rogers. Memorials are preferred to the VNA Hospice of Porter County, 501 Marquette St., Valparaiso, IN 46383. Funeral services Friday, January 21, 2005, 11:00 a.m. from Rees Funeral Home, 600 W. Old Ridge Road, Hobart, Rev. Jim Oswalt and Rev. Gerald Titus, officiating. Burial Hebron Cemetery. Visitation Thursday 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at the Rees Funeral Home, Hobart.