Lucille M. Rodgers

Derby – Rodgers, Lucille M., passed away Monday, April 28, 2014 peacefully in her sleep after a short illness at the age of 95. She was born Lucille Mildred Buckingham at home near Lineville, IA on December 9, 1918 to Charles Irwin and Fanny Edith Buckingham. Lucille married Earnest Lee Rodgers on December 9, 1944, making a home on a farm first in the Rosemount community and finally at the Motor community (Milo, IA) and two children were born to that union, LeRoy Charles Rodgers and Sheryl Ann Rodgers. She was preceded in death by her only sister, Betty Nadine Rose (1977); husband, Earnest (1979); and her parents, Charles (1989) and Edith (1987) Buckingham. She remained on the farm until 2002 when she went to live with her daughter in Kansas. Lucille is survived by her son, LeRoy and his wife Carole (Milo, IA), his daughter, Renate Geters (Arkansas), granddaughter, Rochelle Geters (Florida), and great-granddaughter, Kamylia (Florida); her daughter, Heather and husband, Chris, and their son, Hunter Talbot (Milo, IA); and daughter, Sheryl (Kansas). She was baptized into the New Zion Church at Allerton, IA in her youth and later in adulthood attended the Motor Friends Church, after moving to Kansas she enjoyed televised services. Visitation: 5 – 7 pm, Wednesday. Funeral: 7 pm, Wednesday; both at Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby, KS 67037. Interment will follow in Indianola, IA where she will be laid to rest beside her husband and near her parents.