Virginia Mae Rodgers, known lovingly as “Ginny”, passed away on October 29, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was born on September 1, 1937, to Lucien and Virginia Howley in Livermore, Kentucky. Ginny loved to play cards, especially Pinochle and going bowling. In her younger years, she was fond of going roller skating at fountain ferry park, where she met her beloved husband. Ginny was a lifetime member of American Turners social club and enjoyed spending her time there with family and friends. Above all, she adored her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and her fur babies, Doodlebug and DJ. She will be greatly missed.
Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Donald F. Rodgers, Sr. and other beloved family members and friends.
Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Deborah Rodgers Burton; her son, Donald F. Rodgers, Jr. and his wife Christine Hodel Rodgers; her son, Bruce Rodgers and his wife, Sandy Rodgers; her grandchildren, Casey Perez (Juan) and Scott Skees (Rebecca); her great-grandchildren, Nathan T. Allen, Dylan Skees, and Aydan Skees; and her sister in law, Mary Long and her husband Andy Long.
A visitation for Ginny will be held at Evergreen Funeral Home in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, from 3:00PM to 8:00PM. A funeral service will be held in the same location the following day, Thursday, November 5, 2026, beginning at 11:00AM.
She will be laid to rest alongside her husband at Evergreen Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky.
