Copy of Mr

Mr. Merka

By:Clarissa Hernandez and Zaray Gonzalez

Picture of Rogers High School football stadium

Picture of Mr.Merka

Information about Mr.Merka

❖ Full Name:Jeremiah Huss Merka
❖ Born:September 28, 1911
❖ Deceased:March, 1984
❖ Passed away in Rogers Tx, at the age of 72.
❖ Wife Name:Fern Merka

What Mr.Merka did at Rogers

❖ Jeremiah Merka was a Ag teacher at Rogers High School.
❖ Jeremiah Merka is known for building the Rogers High School stadium.

How Mr.Merka built the Stadium?

❖ By using his equipment from his Ag shop
❖ Places that donated the metals
❖ Basic materials that others gave him
❖ His workers were students from his Ag class

Why did Mr.Merka build the football stadium?

❖ Because the Rogers campus did not have a stadium at the time to play and
watch football.

Why is it named after Mr.Merka?

❖ Because Mr.Merka was the one that built the first football stadium in Rogers

Tribute

❖ Jeremiah Merka retired in the year of 1975

Sources

❖ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?
gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f
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2_s&gsfn=Jeremiah+Huss&gsln=erka&msbdy=1911&msbpn__ftp=&msddy=19
84&msdpn__ftp=Rogers%2C+Bell%2C+Texas%
2C+USA&cpxt=0&catBucket=p&uidh=000&cp=0

❖ The 1975 yearbook