Albert J. Rogge
September 20, 1921 ~ September 24, 2001
Resided in:
Colorado City, CO
Albert J. Rogge left this world on September 24, 2001, at St. Mary Corwin Hospital. He was born in Decatur, Nebraska on September 20, 1921, to Dorothy and Charles Brown and adopted by Emma and Otto Rogge, all of whom preceded him in death.
He married Marjorie Sutton, who is also deceased. He married his present wife, Vivian Hatwan, who he leaves to mourn along with his brother, Clarence and Bernice Lowrey, Malcolm, Nebraska and children, Michael and Pamela Rogge, Yantis, Texas, Vicki and Darrell Strong, Estes Park, Colorado and Clifford and Debbie Rogge, St.
Cloud, Florida. Also leaves 9 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Albert was
retired from the Federal Government after serving in several successful capacities in
the Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Indian Affairs. He retired to Colo City in 1981.
He loved to hunt and fish. He will be missed. Memorial service and Masonic Rites
will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, in the Montgomery & Steward Chapel. Memorials may
be made to American Heart Association through the funeral home.
GRANDPA,
AS I SIT HERE AND LOOK AT YOUR PICTURE I WEEP…
I WEEP BECAUSE I AM SELFISH,
I WEEP BECAUSE I HAD IT ALL!!!
I HAD THE BEST… OH HOW I LOVED YOU!! I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES I GOT TO GROW UP WITH MY GRANDPA FROM THE TIME I WAS BORN UNTIL THE TIME YOU CHOSE TO GO HOME. YOU GRANDPA LOVED ME SO UMCONDITIONALLY YOU LET MY GROW AND SPROUT TO BE THE WOMAN I AM TODAY… YOU LET MY STUMBLE SO I WOULD BE STRONG AND THAT IS WHAT I AM TRYING SO HARD TO BE RIGHT NOW. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE LAST WEEK THAT YOU AND I SHARED TOGETHER WE WERE SO CLOSE!!!! WE LAUGHED AND GIGGLED LIKE LIL KIDS. YOU ALWAYS MADE ME LAUGH AND THAT WINK OH MY GOSH THAT WINK… YOU KNOW GRANDPA MY SARA HAS YOUR BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYES SO FULL OF LOVE AND LOTS OF MISCHIEF AND SAMMIE AND HER EARS THE WAY YOU TWO WOULD MAKE THEM WIGGLE. GRANDPA YOU ARE NOT GONE.. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE AND HONOR YOU AND YOUR MEMORY AND I PROMISE I WILL SHARE YOU AND CARRY YOUR LEGACY ON THRU MY GRAND AND WONDERFUL MEMORIES I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!!! YOUR GRANDAUGHTER ANGI