Donna Jean Rodgers

1954 - 2025

Donna Jean Sego Rodgers, 70, of Glendale, passed away peacefully Monday, March 3, 2025, at home with a host of family and friends by her side.

Donna was born Dec. 21, 1954, to James and Idell Sego.

A graduate of East Hardin High School and Western Kentucky University, Donna spent many years as a minister of music in various churches, often serving alongside her husband, the Rev. Michael Rodgers. She was an avid pianist and painter and always had a stack of books crowding her bedside table.

She was a loving wife, a compassionate mother, a gentle and patient friend and always ready to welcome her grandchildren as they came running into her arms on the porch of her Glendale home.

Donna was energized by helping others through their struggles. She had a beautiful way of making a friend feel safe enough to take on the burdens of life together. Even right to the end of her own struggles, she used the brief time she had left to console and uplift her loved ones. If you were there with her and you needed it, she always had it in her to give.

Survivors include her parents, James and Idell Sego; her loving husband of 47 years, the Rev. Michael Rodgers; her two sisters, Rhonda Moore (Jim) and Kimberly Becker (Jim); her three children and their spouses, Emily Lee (Christopher), Jordan Rodgers (Samantha Smith) and Megan Rodgers (Kimberly Gibson); and her six grandchildren, Jonathan, Ellie, Simone, Sylvie, Vita and Micah.

A gathering of celebration is at 11 a.m. Friday, March 7, at Gilead Baptist Church in Glendale. Burial follows in Glendale Christian Church Cemetery.

Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Brown Funeral Home in Elizabethtown and continues from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church.