Alan J. Rogue

East Palestine - June 22, 2010 - Alan J. Rogue, 51, of 122 Claybrook Drive, died at 12:18 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Elizabeth Hospital, Main Campus in Youngstown.

Alan was born April 20, 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico, a son of Jose Alberto and Reza Novello Tapia and had lived in East Palestine five years, coming from Denver, CO.

He had been employed in Customer Service Department at AT&T Wireless for three years. Prior to that, he had operated his own construction company and had served in the U.S. Navy as a medical corpsman attached to the U. S. Marine Corps. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, East Palestine and had served as national president of American Veterans for Equal Rights. He was also the chief steward for Communication Workers of America Local 4320.

Besides his mother and step father, Don and Reza Dietiker of Galveston, TX, he is survived by his husband, Jeff Rogue; his mother and father in law, Alta and Gary Johnson of East Palestine; two brothers, Trevor Curtis of Denver, CO and Christopher Smith of Houston, TX; and his two furry children, Baxter and Sophie.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Grace Lutheran Church with the Reverend Donald Pentz officiating. Burial will follow in Little Beaver Cemetery, Enon Valley, PA where the East Palestine Honor Guard will provide military honors.

Friends may call at the Van Dyke-Swaney-Rettig Funeral Home, East Palestine from 4-7 p.m. Friday and at the church one hour prior to the services on Saturday. Memorials may be made to the Grace Lutheran Church.