Anna Demaryous Rogers

November 9, 1916 – July 13, 2012

Anna was born in 1916 to George and Rosie Neeley in Hartford, AR and is the last of the ten children. She went to be with our Lord on July 13, 2012. Anna lived in Arkansas, Oklahoma; California was home till arriving in Port Angeles six years ago. Anna was preceded in death by her husband William, her son William Jr., her son Bruce and granddaughter Caprice. She is survived by her son James and wife Karen, grandsons; David and wife Vicki, Jeremiah, Matthew and wife Kim, Rick and granddaughter Stacy and husband Jaime. She leaves great grandchildren Tori, Bailey, Savannah, Shyla, Rhyann, Maracella, Elijah, and Hannah. She also leaves behind many nieces and nephews of the extended family in CA, OK, and AR who she dearly loved and who cherished their Aunt Annie.

Anna was the matriarch of the family and her dedication and love to her family was paramount. Anna was a devoted teacher at St. Boniface Catholic School in Anaheim CA for 21 years. Anna also received her nursing degree and cared for patients in hospitals and convalescence homes during the summer. Anna and her husband left Oklahoma during the dust bowl years, picked cherries in Pomona, CA, worked as Rosie the Riveter” hanging air tight doors on battleships during WWII. Anna cared for everyone, family, friend or stranger, always giving more than she had, insuring a safe place to live, clothing and food. She was an independent woman and leaves a very grateful family with heavy hearts who will always love and honor her and long for her apple pies.

Services will be held at Queen of Angels Church, Friday July 20, 2012 at 11am, 209 W. 11th Street, Port Angeles 98362. Burial at Holy Sepcular Cemetery, Orange CA.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Queen of Angels School for tuition for a student in need, honoring Anna’s lifetime commitment to education or to Olympic Medical Center Foundation for their wonderful care of Anna. Donations may be mailed as follows; Queen of Angels School – 1007 Oak Street, Port Angeles 98362, Olympic Medical Center Foundation, 928 Caroline Street, Port Angeles WA 98362. Arrangements handled by Harper Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, 105 W 4th Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362.