Frances Helen Rodgers, 85 of Marianna died Friday, November 17, 2017 at Betty White's Personal Care Home.
She was born December 28, 1931 in Marianna, PA, a daughter of the late Alex and Anna Midla Shogan.
She was a l949 graduate of West Bethlehem High School. Frances was a waitress for The Century Inn in Scenery Hill for many years before her retirement.
Frances was a member of (Sts. Mary and Ann Catholic Church - St. Oliver Plunkett Parish) Saint Katherine Drexel Catholic Parish, Marianna, PA. She helped with many social gatherings at the church. She was active in the Senior Center in Vestaburg. She enjoyed square dancing and riding quads. Frances did a lot of traveling through the years. Most of all she loved spending time with her family and her cat "Kizzy". She enjoyed taking care of her farm, cooking and making jelly. She was know as the "Jelly Lady."
Surviving are two sons: John (Linda) Rodgers, Pittsburgh, PA and Thomas (Audrey) Rodgers, Hopewell, PA; three grandchildren: John T. (Kimberly) Rodgers, Chrissy (Matt) Makowiecki and Brooke Rodgers; four great-grandchildren: Zaynah Makowiecki, Zakery Makowiecki, Belle Rodgers and John Rhett Rodgers; and three sisters, Sylvia (Donald) Kimberland, Dolores (Howard) Hughes, Maryann Shogan.
Deceased ion addition to her parents are her husband, John E. Rodgers; three brothers Louis Shogan, Joseph Shogan, Michael Shogan; two sisters Margaret Dragan and Ann Tominello.
Family and friends will be received from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., the hour of service Tuesday, November 21, 2017 in the Nichol Funeral Home 1873 East Maiden Street, Washington, PA. Interment will follow in the Beallsville Cemetery.