Roger Lee Stokes

Roger Stokes, age 63, of Red Cloud, Nebraska died Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at his home in Red Cloud.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, 10:30 a.m., August 1, 2009 at the Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Red Cloud with the Rev. Steve Wilson officiating. Interment will be in the Red Cloud Cemetery.

The son of Helen Ruth (Rickard) and Elmer Dell Stokes, he was born april 7, 1946 at Red Cloud, Nebraska.

Roger graduated from the Red Cloud High School with the class of 1965. A veteran of the United States Army, Roger served his country in Vietnam. Following his discharge from service, he returned to Nebraska where he was employed for 22 years at the University of Nebraska Meat Animal Research Center at Clay Center, Nebraska, and for several years at Hastings Pork and AGP. In 2007, Roger returned to Red Cloud to make his home.

He was a long time member of the Glenvil American Legion Post.

Surviving are three children: Rochelle Stokes and daughters Sharisse and Shaylynn of Hastings, Nebraska; Mike Stokes and wife Jessica and son Nathan of Lawrence, Nebraska; and Marc Stokes of Kenesaw, Nebarska; Roger's ex-wife Marcy Fierstein of Ulysses, Kansas; two sisters Dee Stokes of Red Cloud, Nebraska and Virginia Hurd of Ayr, Nebraska; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Preceding him in death were his parents, a sister, Shirley Just and a brother, Bobby Stokes.

Williams Funeral Home
241 West 4th Avenue
Red Cloud, NE 68970

402-746-2500
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