On Thursday, December 21, 2023, Amena Rogers, beloved daughter,

mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, niece, cousin, and friend,

passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family after an intense battle

against cancer. She was seventy-one. Amena was born to Joan Anthony

& Henry Boozier in Harlem, NY, & raised by her grandparents, Louise &

Theodore Anthony, her mother, Joan, and her stepfather, Willie Yellock.

Amena graduated from John Bowne High School in Queens, NY. Shortly

after marrying Gaither Rogers in 1969, she started her own family &

raised her two girls in Far Rockaway, NY. Amena worked in accounting

& retired after over 25 years with Dime Savings Bank. Amena later

moved her family to Bayshore, Long Island, where she enjoyed

connecting with her Native American and indigenous roots. The family

was most important to Amena, including her ancestors. She proudly

traced her genealogy through many centuries and produced the Anthony

Family Pedigree Archive. Her empathy had no boundaries; she found a

way to care for everyone, far and near. Amena was a talented artist and

produced many extraordinary paintings over the years. She was a disco

queen and felt most free while captivating onlookers with her hustle and

dance skills.

2010 Amena moved to South Florida to be closer to her eldest daughter,

Threase. In South Florida, she enjoyed making friends at her local gym,

going to the racetrack, and winning battles against Florida's bugs.

Amena was preceded in death by her youngest daughter, Alisha Ivette

Rogers, in May 2009 and her mother, Joan Louise Yellock, in August

2009. She is survived by her daughter Threase, her granddaughters,

Amena Louise and Jahneese Alexina, and her great-grandchildren,

Alivia, Victorious, and Tamar. She is also survived by her closest and

dearest cousins, who were always there for her emotionally and

spiritually: Ivy Scudder, Jacqueline Anthony, and Mark Hill, as well as a

host of aunts and cousins who meant the world to her.

Amena will rest on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, in Amityville Cemetery in

Amityville, NY, with her grandmother, Louise Anthony, and she will

sleep peacefully in the loving arms of her daughter, Alisha.

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