William Wesley "Bill" Ross Jr.....Age 94

VISITATION: 1-2pm Saturday, October 29, 2016

SERVICE: 2pm Saturday following visitation

BURIAL: Sunny Slope Cemetery, Blue Mound, Kansas

MEMORIAL : First Baptist Church of Osawatomie

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William Wesley “Bill” Ross Jr known to many as “Jim” age 94, died Thursday, October 27, 2016 at the Lifecare Center of Osawatomie.

Bill was born May 6, 1922 in Centerville, Kansas the seventh of eight children born to William Wesley and Effie May (Jinks) Ross. He grew up on a farm in Centerville, and attended grade school in Blue Mound schools, graduating from Blue Mound High School with the class of 1940.

On July 3, 1943 he married Dorothy Jean Pruitt in Fort Scott, Kansas the couple made their home on a farm southwest of Blue Mound.  To this union they were blessed with three children: Pauletta, Doyle, and Ronnie.

Bill farmed for more than thirty years then he and Jean sold their farm and moved to Moran, Kansas and he worked at the ammunition plant in Parsons. Then later moving to Parsons where Bill worked at the Parsons State Training Center. He continued to work for the Parsons State Training Center after moving to Altamont, Kansas. After fifteen years he retired in 1987.

He and Jean sold their home in Altamont and began a life of travel in their new 5 ^th wheel they called home. Wintering in the Brownsville, Texas area and traveling across the states for almost ten years. Bill and Jean loved to travel, camp and fish, and they loved their choice of retirement.

In 1997 Bill and Jean settled in Osawatomie. Enjoying being in Osawatomie and being close to their daughter Pauletta and her family.  Jean later became ill and the couple move from their home to Carr Apartments, Jean died on October 4, 2005. Bill and Jean were married for sixty-two years.

Bill remained living at the apartment they had shared, with failing eyesight television was a struggle to watch, but he enjoyed talking to people, and loved to take walks, and of course spend time with his family.   In 2011 Bill moved to Vintage Park Assisted Living in Osawatomie where he remained until he became ill and spent a week in the hospital. On October 26 ^th he was moved to the Lifecare Center of Osawatomie where he passed the following day.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Osawatomie for many years.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Jean, six brothers and one sister.

Survivors include his children: Pauletta (Clayton) Stites of Osawatomie, Doyle (Nola) Ross of Amarillo, TX and Ronnie (Betty) Ross of Corpus Christy, Tx. Grandchildren: Tammy, Trent, Troy Tanya, Jennifer, Kendall and Kiley and sixteen great grandchildren along with many other family and friends.