LARNED — Verlin M. Rogers, 97, died Oct. 20 at Larned Healthcare Center. Born Sept. 28, 1913, in southern Osborne County near Luray, he was the son of Alfred and Minnie Langley Rogers. He graduated from Fort Hays State University, where he received a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Administration and Mathematics. He then attended Emporia State University and received his Master’s in Psychology. A resident of Larned since 1968, he was the superintendent of schools at Waldo, Natoma and Larned State Hospital where he organized that school. On Aug. 6, 1930, he married Tamsel Fallis at Rush Center. She survives.

Mr. Rogers was a United States Army World War II veteran, stationed in Burma and India. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and Fort Larned Lions Club. He was the chairman of the Christmas basket program for several years and was a past district governor, all of Larned, and was a member of the Masonic Lodge.

He is also survived by a grandson, Mark Rogers, of Wichita; one granddaughter, Holly Rogers, of Kinsley; one great-grandson, Brandon Chinn of Great Bend, and one sister, Sylvia Lee of Bella Vista, Ark. He was preceded in death by one son, Richard; and two brothers, Weldon and Arlo.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Morell Funeral Home in Larned, with Pastor Bill Fitzgerrel presiding. Burial will be in Vincent Cemetery, in southern Osborne County, at 2:30 p.m. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials are designated for Fort Larned Lions Club or the church. Personal condolences may be left at www.morellfuneralhomellc.com.

Funeral arrangements provided by

Morell Funeral Home*

P.O. Box 124/916 Main

Larned, KS 67550

620-285-2177

Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Oct. 22, 2010