Roma Moger

Roma Collins Moger died Sunday October 30, 2011 at her home at Settler’s Cove on Rogers Avenue, Milford. She previously resided on Gulf Street. She was the wife of the late Daniel E. Moger; mother of Daniel E. Moger, Jr., husband of Marilyn Clark Moger of Milford and mother of Marilyn Moger May, wife of Albert F. May, Jr. of Hamden; grandmother to Valerie Moger (Olivo) of Andover, Mass; Darren Moger of Milford; Jennifer May of New Haven, and Alison May of New York City; great grandmother to Ethan and Alice Olivo of Andover, Mass. She also leaves many beloved nieces and nephews. Born April 5, 1919 in Milford, she was the daughter of George Erving Palmer Collins and Bertha Augusta Anamier Collins. She was predeceased by a brother, G. Grant Collins of North Carolina, and a sister, Marjorie Collins Suarez of Indiana. Mrs. Moger and her late husband founded Moger Printing, Inc. in the 1950s and in the 1960s developed The Colony Center, a shopping center at 400 Boston Post Road. She was a life-long member of the First United Church of Christ, Congregational where she taught Sunday School for 30 years, was president of the Women’s Fellowship, volunteered in the church office and served in many other capacities. In 1967 Mrs. Moger was president of the Milford Historical Society and later a founding member of the society’s “Herb Crafters.” Over the years, she sponsored a number of photo exhibits at the Milford Historical Society and other venues of her late husband’s collection of early photos of Milford and was instrumental in publishing “Only in Milford: An Illustrated History” that was posthumously dedicated to Mr. Moger who died in 1982. In 1996 she was honored with a citation from then Mayor Fred Lisman for “fostering the preservation and promotion of Milford.” The Mayor cited her for a number of accomplishments including her part in assisting the Rotary Club of Milford with a fundraising project to reprint “Lambert’s 1838 History of the Colony of New Haven” during the year that Mr. Moger was president of Rotary. The club later honored her by naming her a ”Paul Harris Fellow.” In 2000 in recognition of the end of the 1900s, she self published “It’s Time to Remember Milford,” a compilation of personal stories written by Mr. Moger that detailed everyday life in Milford in the early years of that century. All proceeds went to the Milford Historical Society. She was twice Regent of Milford’s Freelove Baldwin Stow Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a member of the DAR State Regents organization. In addition, she was a member of the Milford Cemetery Association, the Milford Hospital Auxiliary, and as a widow, continued to have the support and friendship of Milford’s Ansantawe Lodge of Masons.In earlier years she was a librarian at the Taylor Library in downtown Milford. Visitation will be held Wednesday November 2, 2011 from 4~8PM at the Smith & Sefcik Funeral 135 N. Broad St. Milford. Funeral Service Thursday at 11:00 AM directly at the First United Church of Christ Congregational Milford. Burial will be at the King’s Highway Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Church of Christ, Congregational’s Sunday School or the Milford Historical Society Endowment Fund.