Passed peacefully away on August 18, 2009, at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s after a short illness, Paul S. Rodgers, age 57. Paul served as a customs inspector for the Canadian Border Service for 34 years in Fortune, Goose Bay and St. John’s and as a Kinsmen for the Happy Valley - Goose Bay and St. John’s East clubs. Paul was predeceased by father Earl and mother Alice (Sally) Rodgers. He leaves to mourn spouse Ivy Blake; brothers: Gordon (Lise), Randy, Earl and Adrian (Emily); sister Diane Jennings and in-laws: Maude Campbell (Gary), Grace Cabot (Joe), Flo Purchase (Peter), Julie Morris, Martha Stagg (Scott), Ethel Probert (Bruce), Francis Blake (Edna), and a large circle of family and friends. Resting at Carnell’s Funeral Home, 329 Freshwater Road, St. John's. Visitation on Thursday, August 20th between 1-4 and 6-9 p.m. with the funeral taking place on Friday, August 21st at 10:30 a.m. from St. Mark’s Anglican Church on Logy Bay Road with interment following at Forest Road Cemetery. Flowers gratefully accepted or donations may be made in his memory to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. To send a message of condolence or to sign the memorial guest book please visit www.carnells.com