Our valiant, faithful, loving, and kind, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend and eternal companion to his wife Jenna, Roger Lewis Bagley, passed away at his home in Tooele, Utah, on June 24, 2017, at the age of 70 from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Surrounded by many of his beloved family members, he was urged to let go. His passing was peaceful and brought needed relief to those with whom he shared loving relationships.
Roger Lewis was born on Dec. 13, 1946, the first-born child of seven to Royal Anderson Bagley and Iris Mary Ellen Goodwin in Logan, Utah. From childhood to the present, Roger has lived in many locations: Logan, Utah; Fort Collins, Colorado; Murray, Utah; Moroni, Utah; Provo, Utah; Fort Lee, Virginia; Fort Carson, Colorado; Orem, Utah; West Valley City, Utah; Los Alamos, New Mexico; Rupert, Idaho and Tooele, Utah.
Roger received his high school education and graduated from North Sanpete High School in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Roger fulfilled a full-time mission for the LDS Church to the West German Mission from 1966-1968.
After his return, he married Jenna Dorene Peterson on Nov. 26, 1968, in the Manti Utah LDS Temple. The couple was blessed with three children: Monique, Trevor and Kirsten. Roger furthered his education at BYU, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1972 and master’s of public administration in 1978. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the full-time Army upon graduation from the Army ROTC program in 1972. Roger served three years of dedicated active duty, and 18 years in the Army Reserve. Upon retirement from the Army in 1993, he had advanced to the rank of major.
Roger has been employed through the years as an internal auditor for the State of Utah; auditor and assistant support services manager for Salt Lake City; several times as a department head, assistant city/county administrator, and acting city/county administrator for the City/County of Los Alamos, New Mexico; and city administrator for the City of Rupert, Idaho. He entered full-time retirement in 2006.
Roger’s constant and dedicated service to the LDS Church has continued to be of greatest importance throughout his life. His range of church callings spanned every organization. He loved the Lord, Jesus Christ, his Savior. He strived to keep his sacred covenants in order to be worthy of the gift of Christ’s atonement, and the greatest desire of his heart was to be with his children forever as an eternal family unit.
Doctors diagnosed Roger with the beginning stages of Parkinson’s disease in 2007. From that time forward, Roger battled and adapted to the diminishing physical effects of this incurable disease. Jenna fought the battle with him and was his number one advocate and caregiver for ten years. His mind stayed alert and his memory was sharp to his final day.
Roger leaves behind his eternal companion, Jenna; three children: Monique Bagley Loth (Sean), Trevor Roger Bagley (Emily) and Kirsten Angeline Bagley Valdez (Rick); six living grandchildren: Andre’ Roger Bagley, Brayden Caleb Loth, Alexa Sophia Loth, Cameron Joseph (Bagley) Stiff, Liliana Renae Valdez and Isabella Valdez; four brothers: Bruce Bagley (Bonnie), Lynn Bagley (Marilyn), Darell Bagley (Lisa) and Nathaniel Bobby Bowman (Shirley); three sisters: Laura Bagley Blackham (Leonard), Janice Bagley Nelson (Kay) and Beth June Bagley McArthur; and numerous nephews and nieces, their families and three uncles and four aunts.
Roger was preceded in death by his parents, Royal A. and Iris Goodwin Bagley; grandparents: Lewis Adams Goodwin and Thisbe Alicia Hanks Goodwin, Royal Bagley and Mary Ann Anderson Bagley; and, most recently, his beloved seventh grandchild, Nevaeh Rose Valdez.
In lieu of flowers, the family would encourage contributions to ward or general missionary funds of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints or any other worthwhile organization.
The viewing will be on June 30, 2017, from 9-10 a.m. The funeral service will follow from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Tooele North Stake Center, 580 N. 270 East, Tooele, Utah. Interment will be at the Moroni, Utah City Cemetery.