Patricia A. (Tetreault) Rogers joined her beloved son, Kris Matthew Rogers in Heaven on January 5th, 2026.
Pat was born in Greenfield, MA on October 10, 1939, and moved shortly after birth to Montague City, MA. After graduating from Turners Falls High School in 1957, she when on to become a Laboratory Technician at the Farren Memorial Hospital in Montague City, MA. Pat was the loving wife of Robert F. Rogers, whom she married in 1959. During her husband Bob’s Coast Guard Career, Pat became involved in several volunteer programs at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod and was awarded the Coast Guard’s Golden Swivel Shot Award for her outstanding ability to “hold” things together while managing housing arrangements for Coast Guard families transferring to and from Air Station Cape Cod. (A swivel shot prevents a ship’s anchor from twisting and breaking thus holding the anchor chain together.) Pat is predeceased by her parents, Gerald H. Tetreault and Rita Rosemarie (Paul) Tetreault of Montague City, MA, and her son, Kris Matthew Rogers. Soon after her son Kris’ passing in 1986, she became the Veterans’ Administration’s Representative at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, MA. where she served faithfully and loyally for fifteen years. Pat received hundreds of accolades for her compassion and care to over twenty-four thousand families who had lost their loved ones buried at the National Cemetery and her outstanding ability to personally coordinate as many as 15 funerals daily. In 1987, she was nominated by Bishop Coleman of Fall River to become a Eucharistic Minister at Corpus Christi Parish in Sandwich, MA. Pat was then requested to become the Co-coordinator of Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick and Homebound. Along with Bob, who was the curator of the Antique and Classic Automobile Museum at Heritage Museums and Gardens, Pat loved her trips to Great Britain, Scotland, and Wales, where she dined with Royalty, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, founder of the National Motor Museum, and automobile enthusiast and collector, Prince Michael of Kent. She drove a Land Rover on their test track in Gaydon, England. She was thrilled at the chance to race to 178 miles per hour with a professional race car driver, in Jeff Gordon’s Nascar #24 on the International Speedway in Las Vegas, beating Bob and his driver in Richard Petty’s Nascar #43. She was also thrilled with her and Bob’s personal meeting with automobile collector Jay Leno. She loved jigsaw puzzles, her woodland walks with her dog Roxie and the special bond she had with her present dog Layla. But most especially, she loved the time spent with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She was the devoted mother to Kathleen Rogers of East Falmouth, MA, Kary Rogers of Buzzards Bay, MA, Paul Rogers of East Wenatchee, WA, R. Jon Rogers of Sandwich, MA., and her son, Kris who predeceased her in March 1986. In addition, she was the loving Grandmother and Great Grandmother to ten (10) grandchildren and ten (10) great grandchildren. In memory of their late son, Kris, Pat and her husband Bob presented the “Heart of a Winner” Trophy to a Special Olympian at the Cape and Island Special Olympics for 34 years. The Casper Funeral and Cremation Services in Boston, MA will be making funeral arrangements. Bob will retain and cherish Patricia’s cremains until his demise, at which time there will be a joint service and burial beside their son Kris at the Massachusetts Memorial Cemetery in Bourne, MA. In lieu of flowers, Memorial donations may be made to Special Olympics, St Jude Hospital, The Shriners, or to one’s favorite charity.