Roderick England

Roderick L. England
March 30, 1926 -- March 25, 2003



A memorial service will be held at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses at 2740 Newark-Granville Rd., Granville, OH on Saturday, March 29th at 4:00 PM. One of the local elders will be officiating the memorial service. Rod died from a 2-year battle with cancer due to a past history of smoking. Rod was born in Basil, Ohio to the late Ralph and Irene England. He was preceded in death by first wife Janis Meba (Roley) England who died Dec. 14, 1982, and wife Shelby Jean (Trickett) England who died June 1st, 1990. Rod is survived by wife and best friend, Rebecca (Becky) Joyce (Sarka) England, whom he married June 18, 1993. Also surviving is daughter and son-in-law Lynn Janine (Theodore Eugene) Crosier of Wadsworth, OH, and son and daughter-in-law Darren Mark England (Sarah Louise Robinson) of Fuquay-Varina, NC, and one grandson and wife Matthew Darren Crosier (Bonnie Kristen Owens) of Apex, NC, and two-step grandchildren and two-step great grandchildren. Rod graduated from Millersport High School where he was valedictorian of his class of 1943. He went to Ohio University and studied engineering for 3 years. He served in the Navy as a seaman first class for 2 years and was a sergeant in the Marines for 4 years. Rod (KB8LSG) along with his wife (KB8NFB), were amateur radio operators, which was how they met. Rod and Becky shared their belief in God as well as many activities such as scenic train tours, auto-day trips, camping, card games, and snowmobiling, which was a special passion. He also collected Nascar collectables as well as Nutcrackers and Smokers, and way too many ball caps. He and his wife raised and showed dachshunds. He loved traveling in their motorhome to dog shows and field trials. Rod and Becky just loved being together no matter what they did. His dachshunds, Lizzy, Punkin, Gretal, Robin, and Stella will miss rod.