Francis C. Rogerson

1929 - 2009  (80 years)

• Name	Francis C. Rogerson  [1]
  Birth	24 Mar 1929	Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Nov 2009	Ponce Inlet, Volusia, Florida   [2, 3]
  Burial	Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [4]
  Person ID	I203403	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Francis Cushing Rogerson,   b. 13 May 1889, Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 30 Mar 1965 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Margaret Winslow,   b. 7 May 1895, Massachusetts d. 21 Feb 1991 (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	1928  [1]
  Family ID	F81634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Janet ...
  Family ID	F81635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family 2
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F81637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Boston Herald (MA) November 23, 2009 Francis C. Rogerson Jr. of Florida and Duxbury, a retired engineer, died Nov. 7 at Florida Hospital Hospice Care in Ponce Inlet, Fla., after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 80. Born in Brookline, Mr. Rogerson grew up summering in Duxbury. He lived in Duxbury until moving to Ponce Inlet, Fla., in 1992. He earned a master's degree in civil engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Rogerson served in the Army during the Korean War as a radio operator. As a registered professional engineer, he worked on many projects throughout New England. In the early 1970s, he and two partners purchased the former Cordage Works from the Columbian Rope Co. and developed the property into Cordage Park, a complex of retail, industrial and business offices. Mr. Rogerson retired when the complex was sold in 1990. He was a volunteer member of the Duxbury Fire Department, Engine Co. 1. While living in Duxbury, Mr. Rogerson served as chairman of the Conservation Commission for six years and on various town building and study committees between 1955 and 1989. He served as director of the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce and Plymouth Development and Industrial Commission during the '70s and '80s. From 1972 to 1985, he was treasurer of the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra. After moving to Florida, he joined the Ponce Inlet Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department and served as secretary until he was elected to the Ponce Inlet Town Council, serving from 1998 to 2000 and then 2001 to 2005, during which term he was vice mayor. He was a member of the town code enforcement board from 1996 to 1998 and the planning commission from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Rogerson was a member of the Duxbury and Plymouth yacht clubs and later the Halifax Yacht Club in Florida. He was active with the Masons in both Massachusetts and Florida, achieving the rank of grand master, the highest in the Bay State. He held the highest level amateur ham radio license and a glider pilot's license. Mr. Rogerson is survived by his wife, Janet (Singhal); two sons, Robert and Thomas both of Duxbury; a daughter, Terry Spoor of Duxbury; two stepchildren, Ranjeet Singhal and Beena Singhal; and nine grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S39720] 1930 census, Massachusetts, Norfolk county. [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index (Reliability: 0). Name:Francis C. Rogerson Last Residence: 32127 Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida BORN:24 Mar 1929 Died:7 Nov 2009 State (Year) SSN issued:Massachusetts (Before 1951) [S52656] Obituary, Boston Herald (MA), Francis C. Rogerson, Jr., (November 23, 2009). [S46639] Cemetery index, Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Find-a-Grave).