Will Rogers Memorial Claremore. Other family members interred there are Rogers' wife, Betty (1879–1944), three of their four children: Fred Stone Rogers (1918–1920), Mary Amelia Rogers Brooks (1913–1989), and James Blake (Jim) Rogers (1915–2000). Jim's wife, Marguerite Astrea Kemmler Rogers (1917–1987) as well as Jim's oldest son, James Kemmler (Kem) Rogers (1939–2014) are also interred there. On March 7, 2016, Governor Mary Fallin signed Senate Bill 1570 into law, which put the Will Rogers Memorial Commission, which governed both the Will Rogers Memorial Museum and the Dog Iron Ranch, Will Rogers' birthplace in Oologah, under the control of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The
Will Rogers World Airport is 44 years old and Garage B is 31 years old) the structures will undergo several different types of refurbishments that will extend the long-term use of the facilities. The work will include: The project will be divided into 12 sequences allowing the airport to keep as much of the garage open as possible. Most of the sequences will only require closing about 300 spaces at a time, leaving approximately 2,500 of the 2,800 total spaces in the two garages available for parking. The project work will start in the five-level Garage B on levels one and two. The entire