Rodger Roe Wetherbee Jr.

Rodger Roe Wetherbee Jr., 78, of Conyers, died Friday December 4th, 2009 at Rockdale Medical Center in Conyers, GA. A Memorial Gathering will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday December 12th, at Saint Simones Episcopal Church in Conyers, and interment will be held at a later date at The Honey Creek Woodlands at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. Rodger was born June 2, 1931 in Marshall, MN. Rodger was the son of the late Rodger Roe Sr. and Millicent Alvina Wetherbee. He attended Marshall high school, Macalister College, and graduated from the University Of Minnesota School Of Business. Rodger loved music he played the clarinet and saxophone. In High School, he helped form several bands, The Hep Cats, The Rhythm Teasers, and The Scotsmen playing at local high school dances. He played in the University of Minnesota marching band and The Scotsmen spent on summer in Yellowstone Park. After graduation, Rodger entered the Air Force and was stationed in Dover, Del. where he met his future wife Martha Jean Thomas. He obtained the rank of Captain and upon leaving the Air Force married Martha on Sept. 8th, 1956. They moved to Wilmington where their first son was born then Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Atlanta in 1962, and finally settled Conyers in 1984 having 2 more children along the way. Rodger worked briefly for IBM before his long career as a salesman with National Vulcanized Fibre (NVF) Co. In 1984 Rodger and Martha moved to Conyers into a home that he designed and Martha built. In 1988 he retired as Regional Manager with NVF. He joined his wife Martha at R/M Construction as chief financial officer where he designed homes that Martha would build. In 1998 his youngest son joined the business to form Wetherbee Homes Inc., where Rodger worked as comptroller and continued to design homes until 2007. Rodger loved music, was an avid reader of newspapers, loved to tell stories, and spend time with his grandchildren. Rodger is preceded in death by his parents Rodger Roe Wetherbee Sr. and Millicent Alvina Wewetzer of Marshall, MN. And just recently by his sister Marjorie Rose Van-der-linden and her husband John E. Van-der-linden of Spirit Lake, IA. Survivors include his wife of 53 years Martha: his children, Stephen of Douglasville, GA., Anne ( Robert ) Jensen of Peachtree City, GA., and John of Covington, GA., His grandchildren Edward, Kathleen, and Jennifer Jensen. Nephews Pet (Judy) Van-der-linden Spirit Lake, IA, Dirk (Lee) Van-der-linden Belmond, IA, and Ton (Jean) Van-der-linden of La Crescent, MN. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the "wanna play fund" @ www.nammfoundation.org . Metro Embalming & Crematory, 329 Gees Mill Business Parkway, Suite 300, Conyers, GA 30013, 770-922-8182