Leo E. Rodgers Jr., 46, of the Carbon Center area died at 4:50 p.m. Sunday at Butler Memorial Hospital after an illness.

Born Oct. 22, 1960, in Butler, he was the son of Leo E. and Helen K. Miller Rodgers Sr.

He had worked at the Ford Garage for several years and then moved to Alaska, where he lived a short time.

Mr. Rodgers was a member of St. Wendelin Roman Catholic Church, Carbon Center. He also was a member of Happy Hunters Sportsmen's Club of Fenelton.

Surviving are his parents of Carbon Center; a brother, Joseph Rodgers of Butler; and two sisters, Deborah Hudson of Wasilla, Alaska, and Mrs. David (Mary) Weichey of Butler. He also is survived by three nieces, four nephews, three great-nephews and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

<B>RODGERS </B>— Friends of Leo E. Rodgers Jr., who died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>STEIGHNER FUNERAL HOME</B>, 111 E. Slippery Rock St., Chicora. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Wendelin Roman Catholic Church. 210 St. Wendelin Road, with the Rev. Kevin McKnight officiating. Burial will be at the Leo E. Rodgers Family Cemetery, Carbon Center.