THEDA ROGERS
RUPERT – Theda Rogers, 84-year-old Rupert resident, died Tuesday, July 27, 2000, at Bannock Regional Medical Center in Pocatello.

Theda was born December 1, 1915 in Malad, Idaho, to Arthur and Mary Jane Thomas Stayner. As a young girl she lived in Castleford and Buhl, where she attended schools, graduating from Buhl High School. Her family then moved to Portland, Oregon. Later Theda moved to Ogden, Utah, where she worked for Ben Lomond Hotel; she also worked several years for Marquart as chief PBX operator until 1975.

She married Walter Rogers December 2, 1975, in Las Vegas, Nevada. They lived in Rupert six months of the year and Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, for six months. Thelda worked alongside her husband in the sheep business until her health started to deteriorate.

Theda is survived by her husband; Walter; three nephews, Bill Hampton, San Jose California, John Hampton, Oakley, California and Michael Stayner of Boise, Idaho. She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Viena Hampton, and one brother, David Stayner.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Friday, June 30, at the Paul Pine chapel in the Paul Cemetery; Pastor Keith Wise will officiate. Family and friends may call at Hansen Mortuary Rupert Chapel on Friday from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Hansen Mortuary Rupert Chapel.