Robert C. Rogers, Jr.

Robert Cummins Rogers, Jr. of Timonium, Maryland, died February 10, 2026, from respiratory failure. He is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Carole Rogers (nee Anstine); devoted father of Catherine Rogers Arthur, and her husband William; his son Michael Rogers and his wife Julie; and four grandchildren, Lily Rogers, Abby Arthur, Nicholas Rogers, and Henry Arthur. He was predeceased by a sister Carol Rogers Inniss.

Born in Baltimore, to Anne Slonaker Rogers and Robert C. Rogers, Sr., his first home was at McDonogh School, where his parents lived with his mother’s step-father, who was the school’s “gardener,” planning and planting all of the produce that sustained the school’s needs, selling surplus for the school at a stall at Lexington Market. In 1943, the family moved to a farm on nearby Painters’ Mill Road, where he grew up, later attending McDonogh for upper school.

Then an all-boys’ military school, in his senior year he was Class President, Captain of Company B (day students), and Captain of the Football Team receiving the McCormick Unsung Hero award. That spring, he and classmate Don Kirk enlisted in the Maryland National Guard, and received permission to attend evening meetings at the old Pikesville Armory. Days after graduation, they left for Army basic training at Fort Knox, KY, later heading to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for artillery training. After serving in the Army, he returned to Baltimore in the National Guard Ready Reserve, working for IBM, and attending what was then Baltimore Junior College.

He moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1962 working for Underwood (typewriters and business machines), sign design and advertising, and in security design and sales for Burns, Mosler, and ADT. He also attended Georgia State University.

Having known his future bride from church, she had invited him to a Sadie Hawkins’ dance when they were in 8th and 9th grades. They dated throughout high school, but had parted ways the summer before his departure for Atlanta. Upon the eve of his relocation, he pulled a “marry me now or lose me forever,” and they married that Thanksgiving at their childhood church in Pikesville.

They spent the next 12 years in Atlanta, returning to the Baltimore Area with their two young children. He opened the first Baltimore office of Sonitrol (an innovation that used phone lines to listen in after an alarm event) to reduce false alarms. He also worked for Moore Security and Bingy Moore, who had been his camp counselor at Wroxeter-on-the-Severn. One of his projects was highly specialized security for a precious metal refinery during the late 1970s precious metal boom. Through that project, he became involved in the reclamation of gold from old mainframe computers and silver from x-rays, film, and fixer solutions. He later returned to sign design and sales before retiring in 2016.

Known for his faith, kindness, and sense of humor, he enjoyed being outdoors and vacationing in Maine with his family for many years at the family’s cottage on Great Island, and later visiting his son and family in the mid-coast region.

The family will receive friends at the Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley, Inc. 10 W. Padonia Road (at York Road), Timonium, on Friday, February 20, 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm.

Private burial at St. Thomas’ Church, Garrison Forest, Owings Mills, Maryland.

Memorial contributions in his memory may be made to McDonogh School, Roots Farm, or the Maryland Center for History and Culture.