ST. GEORGE — Addiction took another life on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Edward A. Rogers, our beloved son and brother, left us due to a heroin overdose.

Eddie was born March 30, 1968, in Rockland, to Phyllis Robinson Champagne and Edward Rogers Sr. He attended St. George Elementary School and local high schools. Eddie was a commercial fisherman for many years along the east coast and Alaska.

Well known in the St. George community, Eddie was always lend a helping hand and would strike up a conversation with anyone.

He was predeceased by his loving grandparents, Myrtle and Edwin Robinson; his paternal grandmother, Helen Roderick; and his stepfathers, Gerald Ryan and Ralph Champagne. He is survived by his mother of Tenants Harbor; his father of Arizona; his sisters, Stephanie and her husband, Stephen Stimpson, of Cushing, Patty Ryan of Belfast, and Mary and her husband, Louis Labady, of Portland; her nieces and nephews, Chris and Chelsea, Tommy, Matt and Elliott, Holly and Bert, Josh and Aly, Zach, Alyson, Anna and Rosalie. He also leaves a special cousin, Lillian Black of Florida. In addition to family, he leaves behind a close circle of friends.

A graveside service will be held Friday, May 19, at 3 p.m. at Ridge Cemetery in Martinsville.

In lieu of flowers donations may be given to Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition, 91 Camden Street, Suite 203, Rockland ME or at knoxrecovery.org

The addiction epidemic is growing and it does not discriminate. Keep your loved ones close.

Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home.