Keith Rogers Passes Away

 

Keith Rogers was named the "Friendliest Boy" for the Class of 1965.

He was very active in Mac sports, participating for all four years in Football (one of the tri-captains as a Senior), all four years in Basketball and Track, as well. He played Baseball as a Freshman.

He was on Student Council as a Sophomore, Class Council as a Sophomore, Vice President as a Sophomore, Spanish Club as a Sophomore and Junior, French Club as a Sophomore, and in the Science Club.

Keith was on the Homecoming Assembly as a Senior, Float Committee as a Junior and Senior, and involved in Big Mac Day as a Sophomore.

After high school, Keith married Janet Malloy. 

For the 2011 reunion, Keith Rogers shared this: "Decatur, IL ~ Cabinetmaker. Southern Illinois University. First car: Triumph 4A."

(As of 2011, the reunion booklet contained misinformation about Keith's martial status.)

Good friend, Jerry Burgener, with Keith Rogers. Below, Jerry with his brother Kim, at the 2011 Mac '65 reunion, taken by Keith Rogers.

On September 1, 2022, his daughter Julie Rogers Castro shared the following posting:

"It is with great sadness that Susie has asked me to let y’all know that her husband and our father (Keith Rogers) passed away early this morning. He was in a rehab facility after a bout with pneumonia and died peacefully. Jack, Nikki, Katy, James and myself, and our children will be forever grateful of the love, kindness, faith and loyalty that Susie showed our dad for almost 8 years! Susie and her family persevered through many trying times with numerous health problems. He passed away knowing that he was so loved by her and so many others. Please keep Susie and the rest of our family in your prayers as we get through these hard times. Services are planned for Thursday, 9/8 in Weatherford, Texas."

Later:

"This is his wife, Susie, we had a truly blessed marriage. Almost 8 years! He had become a paraplegic due to faulty back surgery, but he still found humor and joy every day. We had an abiding love and strong faith. Run with the wind, my Heavenly Superstar! I love you eternally!"

Keith was overjoyed to be a grandfather.

Keith Rogers and Susan Lacey Rogers (below) were married on November 9, 2013.

The following brief but formal obituary was posted by the Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services | Weatherford, Texas: