Elizabeth West Whitford Rogers, daughter of Richard and Ruth Dare West, was born in Shiloh, N. J., May 9, 1867, and died at Bethesda Hospital. North Hornell, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1955.
She united with the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Alfred in 1885, in which village she has lived for the past seventy years. She was married to Frank Samuel Whitford in 1898. Mr. Whitford died in 1908. In 1918 she was married to Daniel Herbert Rogers, who preceded her in death in 1928.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Willis C. Russell (Ruth) of Alfred; a sister, Mrs. Frank A. Crumb of Pittsford; several stepchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. A son, Alfred W. Whitford of Watsontown, Pa., died Jan. 8, 1956.
Memorial services were conducted Nov. 23, by Rev. Hurley S. Warren. Committal services for both mother and son were held Sabbath afternoon, May 5, 1956, at Alfred Rural Cemetery. H. S. W.