Dorothy M. (Moll) Rogers

Dorothy Moll Rogers passed away on Thursday, December 6,
2012 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in Alton,
Illinois on February 20, 1921. She was the daughter John Emanuel Moll and
Catherine Pearl Mutz. She attended Alton High School, Monticello College and
then University of Iowa where she received her degree in Chemistry with a Minor
in Music.

Upon graduating, she attended a graduate program of the Massachusetts
General Hospital in Nutritional Chemistry. There she met William P Rogers Jr.,
MD, her husband of 35 years. They started a family in New York City and moved
to Boston in 1954.

Mrs. Rogers, known as Dodie, served on the Board of Managers
of the Vincent Memorial Hospital. She was a member of the Vincent Club, which contributes
to the Hospital through an annual musical production in which she often took
part.  Dodie was also a Co-Chairperson of
the Ellis Antique Show, which supports the Ellis Memorial and is known as the
premier antique collector’s event in Boston each October.

Dodie lived in Dedham for 57 years. She was a buyer for the Dedham
Woman’s Exchange, which raises money for student scholarships and other
charitable causes in Dedham. She attended St. Paul’s Church and served on the
National Cathedral Committee. She continued her love of music as an
enthusiastic member of the St. Paul’s Choir, by playing the piano, and as a
loyal supporter of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for over 50 years.

She is survived by her 4 children, Susan Rogers Barnard,
Catherine Rogers, Sarah Rogers Hopkins, and William Rogers, and five grandchildren,
Lucy Barnard, Anna Barnard, Franklin Hopkins, Louisa Rogers, and Eliza Rogers.

A service will be held on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 11:00
AM at St. Paul’s Church in Dedham. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in
her memory to the Vincent Memorial Hospital, St. Paul’s Church Choir, The
Boston Symphony Orchestra, or Washington National Cathedral.

Donations may be made to any of the following:
Vincent Memorial Hospital, Attn: William Baker,
55 Fruit Street,
Boston,
MA 02114
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Choir, 59 Court
Street, Dedham, MA 02026
The Boston Symphony Orchestra Annual Fund, Symphony
Hall,
301 Massachusetts Avenue,
Boston,
MA 02115  or
Washington National Cathedral,
Attn.: Development Office,
3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20016-5098