Kern County Obituaries

Vernon C. Rogers

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 1 Jan 1953

Coroner Finds Vernon Rogers Death Suicide
When Vernon C. Rogers, asst. superintendent of the Pacific Coast Borax Co., in 
Boron, failed to show up for work Monday A.M., December 29, Pete Conte, Lowell 
Clegg and another man went to his home to investigate.
They found Mr. Rogers unconscious from a bullet wound in the head. A doctor was 
called but the victim died at 12:20 p.m. without regaining consciousness. A .38
calibre automatic pistol was beside him and there was no indication of foul play. No 
one heard the shot fired.	
Rogers had been despondent and in ill health since the death of his wife in July of 
1951 and friends had been worried about him.
He was born in Minnesota in
1905 and left no children. He had been employed at P. C. B. the past 15 years, 
seven of them in Boron.
The body was removed to the O'Donnell Funeral Home in Mojave and prepared for 
burial in Grandview Memorial Park, Glendale, California, on Wednesday, December 
31, 1952.	
A coroner's inquest held in the conference room at P. C. B. revealed the cause of 
death to be self inflicted. It was conducted. by Coroner Norman E. Houze with 
Deputy Coroners Ross Jones and Frank Keleher assisting. Sgt. Bud Miller conducted 
the investigation for the Sheriff's office.