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Linda Cherry Petersen
November 18, 2024
He was my neighbor on Comanche Drive Rockford, Illinois back in the '60's Sorry for your loss Linda & Mary.
Just in case you see this Linda
My Mom 2013 88yrs
My Dad 2016 90yrs
March 8, 2015
Thank you everyone for sending such nice messages about Rog and sharing your memories of him with me. I loved him deeply and miss him so much.
March 4, 2015
Roger was a big part of life growing up, I am best friends with his daughter Linda. I lost my father when I was 14 so it was great being so close to another dad. We had great times, much laughter and many, many memories. Roger you are always in my heart, Love you much, Jackie
Bob Hill
March 3, 2015
Mary,
I hope you see this. Roger was the guy who hired me from my hometown weekly newspaper in Sycamore and moved me up in the world and into a wonderful 40-year career. I couldn't even type at the time I wrote for the weekly in longhand and he told me to learn to type and he would hire me.
I put two fingers to work a method I used the whole 40 years and, sure enough, he hired me.
He was a great editor at one of the most fun and interesting places I ever worked.
He made a difference.
Peace
Bob Hill
Rockford Newspapers
1969-75
Tom Wartowski
March 2, 2015
Roger and I worked together at Rockford Newspapers in the 1970s. All of us journalistic turks learned much from his gentle but determined search for the truth and fairness.
This personal headline is for Rog: I thank you for what you wrought.
Jim George
March 2, 2015
Roger and I shared many interesting times together, including writing editorials under the Cove Hoover regime in Rockford. I worked with him in Springfield during the final weeks of the Legislature and never had more fun covering mischief. I ended up following him as Springfield bureau chief several years later and learned how high a standard he had set for covering politics and public policy. Roger brought joy and humor to our business when we used to think of it as a profession. His legacy will live on as long as those of us who were touched by him continue to teach others "the Roger way."
David Shapiro
March 1, 2015
I'll remember Roger as a trusted friend, a valued teacher, an unflappable pro on the job, a leader by example and a generous soul who looked for the best in people and usually found it. You were drawn to him by his unsentimental optimism and his ability to be heard without being loud. We are fortunate that he left traces of these qualities in the many people whose lives he touched.
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