Roger Ranes

Obituaries

July 19, 2017 - 12:00 AM

Roger Duane Ranes, 83, Moran, died Thursday, July 13, 2017, at the Franklin House in Fort Scott. Roger was born Aug. 23, 1933, in Coffeyville, the son of Homer L. Ranes and Alma C. Cushman Ranes. He graduated from Le Roy High School. He married Ruth Meats. She preceded him in death on Oct. 11, 2011. He served in the United States Navy on the U.S.S. Hancock. While in the Navy, he was stationed in many foreign countries. He loved to hunt and fish, especially catfish. In 1957 he and a friend drove to Alaska in a 1939 Plymouth. He was an avid gardener and loved to coach Little League Baseball.
Survivors include his two sons, David Ranes and wife Verna and Scott Ranes and wife Randi, all of Mapleton; five grandchildren, Chad Ranes, Dereck Ranes, Tyler Ranes, Ethan Ranes and Beckett Ranes; three great-grandchildren, Jaxon Ranes, Talia Ranes and Tryke Ranes; and a brother, Jerry Ranes and wife Betty, Le Roy. In addition to his wife Ruth, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Denise Ranes, and his parents.
Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct graveside services at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Altamont Cemetery in Aliceville. Memorials are suggested to the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility of LaHarpe and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

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