Joanne Rogers
Family Member
Wife of Fred Rogers who starred in the beloved TV series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. She was the inspiration for the show's puppet character Queen Sara.
She earned a master's degree in music at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
She performed for nearly 40 years in a piano duo with her college friend Jeannine Morrison.
She had two sons, James and John, and three grandsons.
She helped promote the 2019 film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, in which Tom Hanks played her husband.