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JESSIE ALBERTA HART ROGERS

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Jessie Alberta Hart Rogers, 97, of Lebanon, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, at Mercy Hospital Lebanon.
She was born Dec. 16, 1923, near Macks Creek, Mo. to Jones Arthur and Maude Shadrick Hart.
On Sept. 23, 1939, she married Claude Waterman in Eldridge, and to this union one son was born. On July 22, 1946, she married Charles Earnest Rucker in Celt, Mo. They shared 42 years together before his death on March 18, 1988. On April 28, 1994, she married Jervis Rogers and they shared four years before his death on May 10, 1998. She also was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Jessie P. Waterman; three brothers, Walter and Ward Shadrick and Bob Hart; and two sisters, Emma Hart and Pauline Hart Bailey.
Alberta was raised in the Macks Creek community and attended Macks Creek High School and then Ira School up to the eighth grade. Through the years, she was a devoted homemaker and after she and Charles were married, they made their home in Lebanon and then in LeClaire, Iowa and Pleasant Valley, Iowa for a number of years. She worked at the Rockingham Machine Company in Pleasant Valley for several years. After retiring, she and Charles moved back to the Lebanon area.
She was baptized on April 19, 1956, in the Foursquare Gospel Church in LeClaire, Iowa where she taught Sunday School for several years. After returning to Lebanon, she became a member of Trinity Full Gospel Church in Eldridge.
Survivors include a brother, Clyde Hart of Lebanon and a sister, Maxine Hart Goffe of Lebanon; and a number of nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Jessie Alberta Hart Rogers were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, at the Holman-Howe Funeral Home in Lebanon with the Rev. Kenny Moore officiating. Burial was in the Ira Cemetery near Eldridge, under the direction of Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Lebanon. A visitation was held from 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. A memorial has been established to the Ira Cemetery.
For more information or to view or sign the online memorial visit www.holmanhowe.com.