Mary Ann Rogers

Eliot-Mary Ann Rogers passed away peacefully in Wells, Maine at Avita of Wells following a period of Alzheimer's disease and failing health. She passed peacefully on July 30, 2024.
Born in Adams, Massachusetts on November 5, 1937, Mary Ann is preceded by her beloved husband of 60-years, Paul (PJ), sister Margie Beavers and sister-in-law Betty Dusseault. Her surviving family are Steve and Rosalind White of Shreveport, LA (with whom she reunited five years ago after 57 years); Matt and Michelle Rogers of Nottingham, NH; Steven and Lori Rogers of Wells, ME; David and Carla Rogers of Portsmouth, NH; John and Daniele Rogers of North Berwick, ME; Sarah and Jason McCluskey of Dover, England; sister-in-law Jean Odiorne of Portsmouth, NH and brother-in-law Clarence Beavers of Richmond, TX. Mary Ann had twelve grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren all of whom she adored.
In the early 1940's Mary Ann's family moved to Daniel Street in Portsmouth, NH and ultimately to Eliot, ME where she grew up just a short bicycle ride down the street from Paul. Mary Ann graduated Eliot High School in 1955 and became a Registered Nurse after graduating from the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing (Boston, MA) in 1958. She served as a registered nurse from 1958 until she married Paul in 1960. From 1961 through 1970, Mary Ann was a most excellent homemaker until 1979 when she became a School Nurse at Central School in South Berwick Maine, serving in that role until her retirement in 1999. She has a legacy of former students and families who have known and loved her over the twenty years that she served the school system.
Mary Ann enjoyed her home on Fore Road with her pool and beautiful flower gardens while knitting and preserving memories in her scrapbooks. She cherished her husband, children and grandchildren, loved music, loved to travel and joked about how much she spent her children's inheritance on visiting places like England, Poland, Alaska and the US National Parks.
Mary Ann was a proud member of the Alcoholics Anonymous family and enjoyed 39 years of sobriety.
During the last years of her life, Mary Ann was a beloved member of the Avita family where she was cared for by the exceptional staff and care-givers in her Summer Neighborhood. The Rogers' family is eternally grateful to this outstanding Memory Care Assisted Living Facility.
Friends are invited to visit with Mary Ann's family on Wednesday August 7, 2024 from 5-7pm in the JS Pelkey and Son Funeral Home 125 Old Post Road Kittery Maine 09304. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday August 8, 2024 at 11 am at the Parish of the Ascension of the Lord in St. Raphael Parish Church 6 Whipple Road Kittery Maine 03904. Online condolences maybe made by visitingwww.jspelkeyfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in honor of Mary Ann's many years of caring as a nurse and to support young healthcare workers as they advance their careers, to the " Mary Ann Rogers Scholarship", Checks may be made to Kittery Rotary Cares, Inc, and sent to 252 Haley Road Kittery Maine 03904. Care for the Rogers family has been entrusted to the JS Pelkey Funeral Home.