Nedra Bess Kiebler, daughter of Emmett William (1882-1967) and Alice Bellona (1884-1985) (Hilton) Kiebler, was born 3 January 1917, Scottville, Mason County, Michigan. She graduated in 1935 from Okemos High School and married a fellow classmate, Harry Rogers, 31 July 1937, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan.
Their marriage produced one child, a daughter, Judith Carol, born 6 February 1938.
Nedra succumbed, age 21, to septicemia on 3 June 1938 and was interred Glendale Cemetery.