Roger was a farm laborer and a resident of rural Bernie.
He was united in marriage to Jana Fitzgerald on April 27, 2001, at Piggott, Ark. She survives of the home.
Besides his wife and father, survivors include a half-brother, Allen Zell of Parma; three half-sisters, karen Zell of Gig Harbor, Wash., Mary Zell of Minneapolis, Minn., and Kay Brundage of Grants Pass, Ore.
Visitation will be held from noon until 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.
A memorial service will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie with Stan Dauck officiating.

