This is the website of longtime San Juan Islander Lynne Rogers, who passed away in October 2006.

From the October 13, 2006 edition of the Island Guardian, by Jack Cory:

Lynne Rogers has left us. She had been fighting cancer for sometime, and early this morning she passed away.

Lynne was a long time resident of the San Juans, and like many that moved here, she came here by way of California. Lynne grew up in the Bay area, graduated from UC Berkeley, with a degree in history.

When her father accepted a job in Vietnam, Lynne went along and taught school there. In 1974 Lynne and husband Winston moved to San Juan Island with their three daughters.

By 1986 Lynne decided to have a go in real estate sales, which she continued to be active in until the very last. One testimony to the quality of a person is their friends, and Lynne was one of the most admired and respected members of the community at large, and was honored in her chosen profession by numerous awards, but most importantly, many of her clients became friends as well.

A few of the organizations she has been involved in, are the Inter-Island Medical Center, where she served on the Board of Trustees; was a founding president of "CATS" (Community Arts and Theatre Society); served as a Commissioner for the San Juan County Land Bank; and was a past president of the San Juan Historical Society. In 2002 she was named the "Community Service Realtor of the Year" by the San Juan County Realtors Association.

From the October 12, 2006 edition of the San Juan Update, by Ian Byington:

Passing: Just heard that our great friend Lynne Rogers ended her battle with lung cancer at five this morning.

Lynne was one of the great lights of the island - the kind of person everyone who knew her said someting good about. Whether working on a committee or putting on a marathon or selling hot dogs at the Fourth of July or selling real estate, she was always smiling, always saw the humor in a situation, and was always the one who put more time into it than anyone else.

Here's a portion of her bio from her website (the picture above is the one she gave me earlier this year, to put on her site):

My road to the San Juans began with the emphatic statement "No, I do not want to go to the San Juan Islands in Washington for our vacation. I want to go to Lake Tahoe, like everyone else."

But by the time that we docked at Upright Head on Lopez Island, I told my husband that we would simply have to move here. Of course he thought that I had taken leave of my senses but we did move to Friday Harbor, with three little girls, two Jack Russell dogs and our beloved Siamese cat. That was in 1974. Those three girls have grown up, graduated college and are now married. We have two grandchildren, and one daughter has returned to live on San Juan Island with her husband.

She'll be missed, and our island is poorer for her passing, but richer because she was with us.

Lynne loved bears - the bear to the right is one Annie Adams drew for her....

Contact: The Rogers Family, PO Box 1066, Friday Harbor, WA 98250

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