Individual Details
Roger Leon Conarty
(7 Feb 1921 - 24 Aug 2011)
Roger Leon Conarty, Colonel US Army, retired, son of Mr. And Mrs. Lewers Rogers Conarty, Carlsbad N.M. died of pulmonary complications after hip surgery at the Wyoming Medical Center, Casper, Wyoming on August 24, 2011.
He was 90 years old, WW2 veteran, and married to Anna May Conarty, 55 years August 2, 2011, and a Wyoming resident, for the past 10 years.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1943, with a bachelor degree in engineering, Princeton University with a masters in Physics 1951, and a double masters in nuclear engineering, and business administration University of New Mexico, 1975.
Roger had a long and productive 35 year career as a soldier, leader, and scholar.
Anna May and Roger have four children: Helene Madeleine Crouch, Micaela Ann Perkins, Murray Roger Conarty, and David Alain Conarty, who predeceased his father. Roger also has a daughter by a previous marriage, Sharon Lee Nesseth, spouse Darrell: and her children: Margo deceased, Lt. Colonel Emily Schiffer, Christopher Nesseth Helene’s children are: Megan Greer Crouch, Trey Douglass Crouch, and Russell K. Crouch, and her spouse Roger Warren Griffin of Casper, Wyoming, and Skagway, Alaska. Micaela's children are: Brennen Perkins, Spencer Perkins, and her spouse Paul Perkins of Parker Colorado. Murray's has one daughter: Cassandra Irene Conarty, and two step daughters Jennifer, and Laura, spouse Sandra Jean Conarty, all of Dallas, Texas. David Alain had no children prior to his demise, and is interred with his baby sister Elizabeth Ivers at the Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Roger Conarty will be interred with their children, at the same site.
Roger, had been a game hunter, fly fisherman, collector of varieties of music, having played trombone in a dance orchestra, plus he was actively involved with the National Ski Patrol, in Alaska and New Mexico, along with his immersion in computer programming, and desk top publishing.
All of the family had many years of traveling the world in their different military assignments, and had continued this trend in their retirement.
All of the family says Farewell to a gentleman, hero, and a scholar of many fields of interest.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church by Fr. Robert Fox at 9:00 AM. Saturday, August 27, 2011.
Inurnment will take place at Arlington National Cemetery in December, 2011.
He was 90 years old, WW2 veteran, and married to Anna May Conarty, 55 years August 2, 2011, and a Wyoming resident, for the past 10 years.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1943, with a bachelor degree in engineering, Princeton University with a masters in Physics 1951, and a double masters in nuclear engineering, and business administration University of New Mexico, 1975.
Roger had a long and productive 35 year career as a soldier, leader, and scholar.
Anna May and Roger have four children: Helene Madeleine Crouch, Micaela Ann Perkins, Murray Roger Conarty, and David Alain Conarty, who predeceased his father. Roger also has a daughter by a previous marriage, Sharon Lee Nesseth, spouse Darrell: and her children: Margo deceased, Lt. Colonel Emily Schiffer, Christopher Nesseth Helene’s children are: Megan Greer Crouch, Trey Douglass Crouch, and Russell K. Crouch, and her spouse Roger Warren Griffin of Casper, Wyoming, and Skagway, Alaska. Micaela's children are: Brennen Perkins, Spencer Perkins, and her spouse Paul Perkins of Parker Colorado. Murray's has one daughter: Cassandra Irene Conarty, and two step daughters Jennifer, and Laura, spouse Sandra Jean Conarty, all of Dallas, Texas. David Alain had no children prior to his demise, and is interred with his baby sister Elizabeth Ivers at the Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Roger Conarty will be interred with their children, at the same site.
Roger, had been a game hunter, fly fisherman, collector of varieties of music, having played trombone in a dance orchestra, plus he was actively involved with the National Ski Patrol, in Alaska and New Mexico, along with his immersion in computer programming, and desk top publishing.
All of the family had many years of traveling the world in their different military assignments, and had continued this trend in their retirement.
All of the family says Farewell to a gentleman, hero, and a scholar of many fields of interest.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church by Fr. Robert Fox at 9:00 AM. Saturday, August 27, 2011.
Inurnment will take place at Arlington National Cemetery in December, 2011.
Events
Families
Spouse | Living |
Child | Living |
Child | Living |
Child | Elizabeth Ivers Conarty (1960 - 1960) |
Child | Living |
Child | David Alain Conarty (1964 - 1998) |
Child | Living |
Father | Lewers Rogers Conarty (1886 - 1961) |
Mother | Madeleine Gauroy (1886 - 1984) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Louis Conarty Head Male 43 Arkansas - Agent, Santa Fe R.R.Madaline G Conarty Wife Female 42 France
Roger Conarty Son Male 9 New Mexico
Census (family)-shared
L R Conarty Head Male 53 Arkansas - Supervisor agent, railroadMadeleine Conarty Wife Female 52 France
Roger L Conarty Son Male 19 New Mexico
Marriage
Roger Leon ConartyEvent Type: Marriage
Event Date: 2 Aug 1956
Event Place: Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Birth Year (Estimated): 1921
Father's Name: Roger
Mother's Name: Madeleine
Spouse's Name: Anna May Campbell
Spouse's father: George M. Campbell
Spouse's mother: Irene Iris
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 25
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1931
Box Number: PR-01776
Form Type: Certificate of Marriage
Affiliate Repository Place: Montpelier, Vermont
Obituary
Deceased Name: Roger Leon ConartyTitles and Terms: Colonel Us Army Retired
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 26 Aug 2011
Event Place: New Mexico, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 90
Relationship to Deceased: Deceased
Birth Year (Estimated): 1921
Death Date: 24 Aug 2011
Death Place: Casper, , Wyoming
Newspaper: Santa Fe New Mexican, The
Spouse and Children
Anna May Conarty Wife Female
Helene Madeleine Crouch Child Unknown
Micaela Ann Perkins Child Unknown
Murray Roger Conarty Child Unknown
David Alain Conarty Child Unknown
Sharon Lee Nesseth Daughter Female
Elizabeth Ivers Daughter Female
Extended Family
Darrell Nesseth Son-In-Law Male
Margo Grandchild Unknown
Lieutenant Colonel Emily Schiffer Granddaughter Female
Christopher Nesseth Grandson Male
Megan Greer Crouch Grandchild Unknown
Trey Douglass Crouch Grandchild Unknown
Russell K Crouch Grandchild Unknown
Roger Warren Griffin Son-In-Law Male
Brennen Perkins Grandchild Unknown
Spencer Perkins Grandchild Unknown
Paul Perkins Son-In-Law Male
Cassandra Irene Conarty Granddaughter Female
Jennifer Granddaughter Female
Laura Granddaughter Female
Sandra Jean Conarty Daughter-In-Law Female
Burial
PLOT Section 46 Site 1069Endnotes
1. United States Census, 1930 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCM9-GWK.
2. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMRZ-QYT.
3. Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFTS-GTV.
4. United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWM-6MPP.
5. Find A Grave Memorial 85692547.