Roger Mathis

SERVICES: 2:00 P.M. Monday August 11, 2014 at Saint Paul Lutheran Church-Clifty OFFICIATING CLERGY: Rev. Doug Bauman FINAL RESTING PLACE: Saint Paul Lutheran Church-Clifty Cemetery VISITATION: 1:00 P.M. Sunday at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Multiple Sclerosis Society or Our Hospice of South Central Indiana. Roger Lee Mathis, 68, of California St., died at 12 p.m. Friday, August 8, 2014, at Our Hospice of South Central Indiana. He was born October 13, 1945, in Heltonsville, Indiana, the son of Donald and Bertha Elkins Mathis. He married JoAnn Farrell. He then married Norma Jean Beaman. Roger loved his family and enjoyed being a caregiver for many people in his life. He worked at the Holiday Inn and the Commons for many years.Roger enjoyed hunting, fishing, and riding his bicycle. Survivors include his daughters, Tina Mathis of Hemet, California and Frankie (Allen) Smith of Columbus, Indiana; grandchildren, Kala, Zachary, Adam, Noah, Hanna, Sara, Emma, Taylor, and Andrew; and a sister, Betty Roll of Taylorsville, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Melinda; his wife Norma Jean Mathis, on February 2, 2002; parents, Donald and Bertha Elkins Mathis; a brother, Richard Mathis; and sisters, Suzie Mathis and Helen Hignite.. Services were entrusted to the Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home.