Florian E. Bud'' Rogers

" Florian Edward “Bud” Rogers, 76, of Mill Valley Rd. died Monday at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Springfield on September 15, 1925, he was the son of the late Florence Schofield Rogers Boncik and Richard Rogers, Sr. Florian lived part of his childhood in Dana, MA before moving to Belchertown. He graduated from Belchertown High School and attended the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts where he received his associate’s degree in floriculture. He served his country during WWII in the U.S. Navy as an aviation machinist. He was employed as a lab technician at Ludlow Corporation in Holyoke until his retirement in 1986. Florian was a previous member of the Belchertown Congregational Church. He was predeceased by his wife Diane (Allen) Rogers, in July of 1988. He is survived by his children, Kathleen Rogers Smith and her husband Bruce of Wayland, MA, and their children, Dana and Zachary, Elizabeth Rogers Richer and her husband Michael of Nashua, NH and their children Ryan, Stephanie, and Leslie, David Edward Rogers, and his wife Jan of Nelson, NY and their children, Laura and Eric, Joseph Allen Rogers and his wife Georgette of Pepperell, MA and their children Elliot and Deanne, and Stephen Rogers with whom he lived in Belchertown. He also leaves a sister, Evelyn Rogers Bates of Springfield, MA. Florian was predeceased by his brother, Richard Rogers, Jr. in 2001. A funeral service will be held Friday, September 6, at 10 a.m. at the Belchertown Congregational Church. Burial is private. Calling hours have been omitted. Beers & Story Belchertown Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Donations may be made in his memory to the Clapp Memorial Library 10 S. Main St. Belchertown, MA 01007. "