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Joseph Robert Rogers
Joseph Robert Rogers, 93, died peacefully Thursday, May 2,2019 at The
Summercrest Senior Living Community in Newport, New Hampshire.
Joe
was born July 23,1925 and was raised in Somerville. After graduating from
Somerville High School, he enlisted in the Navy and was stationed in
Newport, Rhode Island. He was later assigned to the USS El Dorado as a
Yeoman Second Class where he was stationed in the Pacific. He received
the WWII Victory Medal, the American Theatre Medal and the Asiatic Pacific
Medal.
After his discharge from the Navy, he attended Salem State
Teachers College where he met Ethel Stevens; who later became his wife of
sixty-seven years. He received his Bachelor of Science degree and
continued his education at Tufts University receiving his Master’s Degree
in Education. He also attended Harvard University for additional course
work.
Joe moved to Ipswich and taught different grades and later
became the Principal of Ipswich High School. “My job was my life,
entirely. I totally, totally loved what I was doing and obviously the
students’ kind of knew this, because I had very little trouble with them.”
Joe truly loved his students. He helped many of them with the college
admission process. He established the American Field Service (AFS) and
was responsible for integrating the High School by bringing academically
talented African-American students from Boston to the Ipswich High School
Community. Joe spent thirty-five years in the Ipswich High School system
and later decided to accept a Guidance Counselor position in Hudson, New
Hampshire. Joe and Ethel resided in Ipswich until April 2017, when they
later moved to Newport, New Hampshire.
Joe Rogers will truly be
missed.
Joe is survived by his three children, Stephanie Sullivan,
and husband Edward Sullivan of Ipswich, Elise Bundy and husband Gerry
Bundy of Newbury, New Hampshire, Rebecca Farrell and husband Michael
Farrell of Wilton, Connecticut. He adored his five grandchildren, Justin
Sullivan, Chad Sullivan, Kelsey Burnett, Tyler Farrell, Drew Farrell and
four great grandchildren.
A visitation for family and friends will be
held Wednesday August 7, 11am to 1pm in
the Whittier-Porter Funeral Home, 6 High Street, Ipswich.
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