Penelope Rogers Obituary

PENELOPE ADAMS ROGERS Longtime Honolulu resident, Penelope Adams Rogers, passed away on October 28, 2023, in Jupiter, Florida at the age of 87. A world traveler, journalist, photographer, and diplomat, Penny was born to Averill and Barbara Adams of Longmeadow, Massachusetts on July 29, 1936. She attended McDuffie School for Girls in Springfield, Massachusetts and Hood College in Frederick, Maryland during which time she spent a semester at the Sorbonne in Paris. Her time in both Maryland and Paris would help launch a lifelong adventure. With her husband Richard, who she met while he was at the Naval Academy in Annapolis and often with her children, she visited, and many times lived, in over 40 countries. As a journalist and later a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State, she thrived on learning, experience, and travel. One of her most memorable trips was a year-long around the world adventure she, Richard, and two of her children undertook with all of their needed belongings toted in carry-on bags. Though she traveled often, she always returned to her historic Kahala Avenue home in Honolulu. Penny will be remembered for her sense of adventure, keen intellect, insightful writing, and photographic eye. She was in many ways a pioneer whose experience took her from the Junior League to meeting T'boli tribespersons of Mindanao, The Philippines and from the Blaisdell stage to the U.S. Embassy in Bissau, Guinea Bissau. She was loved by many worldwide. Penny was preceded in death by her husband Richard, her parents, and her brother Theodore (Ted) Adams. She is survived by her sister Gail Dukes of Palm Gardens, Florida, sister-in-law Sue Rogers of Norwalk, Ohio and her children Richard Rogers Jr. of Newberg, Oregon, Wendy Rogers-Hazel of Honolulu, Jonathan Adams Rogers of Edina, Minnesota, and Kathryn Limbaugh of Jupiter, Florida. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, Richard Rogers III, Cray Madden Rogers, Kale Townsend Rogers, Amara Penelope Hazel, Joshua Adams Hazel, Justin Douglas Hazel, and Matthew Caderyn Rogers and two great-grandchildren, Kristian J.O. Shaw and Elijah Makaveli Lewis. A third great-grandchild is expected to begin life's adventures in May. Remembrances may be sent to [email protected] Arrangements Provided By: Aycock-Riverside Funeral and Cremation Center