Carolyn Jane Rogers

Carolyn was born in Oklahoma City on December 3rd, 1933 to Ralph and Vera Lowry.

She graduated from Putnam City High School in 1952.

Carolyn lived in Oklahoma City Oklahoma while growing up and lived in Bethany while she was married and raising her children. She stayed in the Oklahoma City Metro area until 1998 when she moved to Overland Park Kansas before moving to Norman Oklahoma in 2001.

Carolyn was married to Billy Rogers from August 16th 1955 to September 27th 1983. They had five children together.

After high school Carolyn worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Once her kids were school aged she enjoyed working in the school cafeteria. Carolyn discovered her life-long passion when she started working as a floral designer. She worked for Warr Acres Florist, Hobby Lobby, and Garden Ridge Pottery. Carolyn also loved to sing and participated in many choirs. Her most notable experience was in a singing group called The Color Tones. The group sang for weddings and funerals and once performed on a local TV station as the featured act. Carolyn’s hobbies included roller skating, bowling, oil painting and sewing. She loved playing cards, spending time with family, laughing with friends, and was most proud of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Carolyn’s immediate survivors are: daughter LaDeana and her husband Rick Urdahl, daughter Clara and her husband Eric Sipes, daughter Shelly Whitney, son Billy Rogers and his wife Annie, daughter Anita and her husband Neal Snow

Grandchildren: Lonnie Tarrant and his wife Sandy, Nacey and her husband Daniel York, LaDawn Martinez and her husband Ronald (Sonny) Hughes, Dallas Sipes, Ruthie and her husband Jack Byers, Amy Boatright, Drew Simmons, Canon Simmons, Houston Simmons, Randi and her husband Tray Hamilton, Larson Whitney, Kenna Flowers, Seth Rogers, Sophie and her husband Joshua Waters, Dawson Rogers, Naomi and her husband Henri Malts, and Phillip Snow

Great Grandchildren: Lacy Tarrant, Dylan Vail, Payton Castle, Adisyn York, Malachi Martinez, Elijah Martinez, Joel Byers, Justice Boatright, Veotis Boatright, Montie Bryson, Pheonix Simmons, Elijah Simmons, Jade Simmons, Caiden Renshaw, Canon Simmons (Jr.), MiKyla Rogers, Elias Waters and Allana Waters.

Carolyn is preceded in death by her father Ralph Alton Lowry, mother Vera Blanche Lowry, brother Bob Lowry, sister Pasty Westerman, brother-in-law Paul Westerman, son-in-law Lawrence Whitney, granddaughter Reagan Whitney, granddaughter in-law Carie Simmons and great granddaughter Micah Martinez.