Bruce Leroy Wilks

1945 - 2015  (69 years)

• Name	Bruce Leroy Wilks
  Birth	15 Apr 1945	Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reported Cause of Death	COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
  Residence	1950	Ophir, Powell, Montana, USA   [1]
  	Relation to Head of House: Grandson; Marital Status: Never Married
  Legal Name Change	Abt 1962
  	Per his obituary, he changed his last name to Rogers legally when he entered the military at age 17
  Name	Bruce Leroy Rogers  [1, 2]
  Reference Number	30645
  Death	12 Feb 2015	Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I30645	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Theodore Carl Wilks,   b. 29 Oct 1923, Lincoln, Hall, Nebraska, USA d. 14 Jun 1972, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Nadine LaVaughn Randolph,   b. 16 Mar 1927, Arapahoe, Furnas, Nebraska, USA d. 2 Jun 2022 (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Marriage	28 Dec 1943  [3, 4, 5]
  Divorce	2 Apr 1946	Linn, Oregon, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F20402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Apr 1945 - Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA Death - 12 Feb 2015 - Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary - BRUCE WILKS ROGERS Published in the Kennewick, WA - Tri-City Herald

  
  

• Sources

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