-from Lisa-

Star Trek was wrong when it said,
" Space, the final frontier."

For this last week we lost you to the true final frontier---death.

the one journey we must go alone.
And you The grandfather, The Father,
The Pastor, The Leader
left us one final lesson.

A lesson of dying with grace and dignity.
A lesson of leaving those you loved with hope-
The hope that we shall all meet again.
and
A lesson on how to face death when our time comes.
For we must walk through death alone as well
but
now we have the hope that you are waiting.

Rest in peace.

love lisa

-from Kelly-

To my "pocket-size-boss-hog" where do I begin? I am sad to know that you are no longer here on earth but I know that you are here with us in spirit everyday. I do not believe in goodbye because you will never be gone. You are a remarkable man and I am proud to call you my grandpa!

Some of my favorite memories are the times I spent at your house. I laugh just thinking about it. I could always expect to have fun and a big bag of cheezies when I was there. Most of my memories are from Spring Lake Park. I loved to pretend to have a restaurant at the bar downstairs. I loved to dig in the drawers and find new things to play with. I remember using a pliers to change the channel on the TV with the rabbit ears downstairs. Nikkol and Chris and me and Chad would play hide and seek and somehow I always had to hide in the laundry chute! The four of us would chase each other and run in the front door and out the back and your famous words "who's play'in door" always filled the air. I remember one of my most favorite things was living room gymnastics!! Jeff would always say "next, Kelly Skalicky will take the floor". No matter how bad I was, all of you "judges" gave me a good score! I think you judges either had vision problems or knew nothing about gymnastics!! You and grandma always brought our family together for fun. All of the nights out in the screen porch listening to the Twins game, playing croquet in the back yard and playing with the old phone in the closet.

You have left a legacy with all of us and we intend to honor that. My belief system stems from you. To treat others with dignity and respect, to help anyone who needs it and to put family before yourself. I will pass these beliefs down to my children and your legacy will live forever. Like I said, I do not believe in goodbye this is just a pause until we meet again. I love you!

It is our turn to take care of grandma and each other. We learned from the best so we will be just fine!

I will miss you and love you forever!

Love,
Kelly

-from Nikkol-

My Grandpa was a wonderful man. He was full of wisdom and great knowledge. I am very fortunate to have had my Grandpa in my life for almost 36 years. He taught me how to love unconditionally, how to be compassionate and to be nonjudgemental. And best of all Grandpa taught me what family meant. I will always remember when I was growing up seeing both my Grandpa and Grandma at my choir concerts, they never missed a one! Grandpa loved music, especially live music sung by choirs. Because Grandpa knew so much about history, I was able to go to him for help with my homework when I was growing up. I loved listening to him and his life stories, they were absolutely amazing and so interesting! And how about when I went to LPN school then on to RN school...Grandpa was right by my side rooting me on. He was always very supportive of his grandchildren in everything we did.
"Grandpa, I know you will always be watching over me and the rest of the family. Your strength will keep us all strong. I really miss you. I am so thankful for the 36 (almost) years I had you in my life, you made a difference and you taught me so much. Grandpa, I feel comfort knowing that you are with God and that you are no longer in pain. I would rather you were here with us, but I know everyone has a time when our journey here on earth must come to an end. I look forward to the day when we will meet again in the Lord's Kingdom. Check on Daisy for me, I'm sure she came running up to you looking for food as soon as she saw you walking through the Golden Gates. And I know Snickers was right there waiting to hop in your arms and give you a licky! I love you, Grandpa and miss you, alot! As I promised, I will be sure that Grandma is taken care of and she will be okay."
You will be in my heart forever, Grandpa,
Your Granddaughter Nikkol

-from Mark-

Dear Dad. After seeing your photos on the website it made me think that you should still be here!!!!!! It seems so strange that your not here!!! A main link in the Rogers family bond is missing that can never be replaced!!! I wish you were still here! I know your here in spirit!!! Yes its a great loss but we as a family have already grown closer together as a result!!! I'd like to say hi to all the Rogers family who are reading this post and say I love you and keep mom in your prayers!!!!!
Love
Mark

-from Mark-

Hi, my name is Mark. Im the youngest son of Tom Rogers. Im going to miss my Dad very, very much!!!!!!!!! It was so hard to say goodbye. I will miss his wisdom, his sense of humor and his love for his family!!!!!! I will miss never hearing his voice again!!! The three things I value the most as far as what he taught us was-1. Love for family.2. His deep concern for the poor and needy and all those who are less fortunate. 3.Not to ever be prejudice. I admired him greatly for standing up for what he believed and never waivering from that. Even though we didnt always agree on everything I still respected his opinion because he had such great wisdom. My Dad was one of the most intelligent men that ive ever known. I DEEPLY regret that I didnt make more of an effort to get closer to him and spending more time with him!!!!!!!!!!!!
I take comfort in knowing that he is now in heaven with Jesus Christ and he is no longer suffering and is actually doing better than we are down here on earth. I Love You Dad and I will see you in Paradise!!!!!!!
Love
Mark

-from Paul-

I will never share blood with Tom, but from the start i have never doubted that i was a welcome member of his family.

Today i was proud to carry you home. And i will always be proud to call you Grandpa. Thank you for treating me like a grandson. I'll see you again soon...

Love,
Paul