William D Ross

1929 - 2000  (71 years)

• Name	William D Ross
  Born	16 Sep 1929	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Dec 2000	Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6071	Rossville
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	William Clair Ross
  Mother	Agnes Gertrude Kidman Ross
  Family ID	F7017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Margaret Henderson Ross
  Married	11 Mar 1950	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Greg Ross   2. Clay Ross   3. Doug Ross   4. John Ross   5. Shelly Ross   6. Kelly Ross   7. Bobbi Ross Wendt   8. Billi Ross Jones
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2018 15:53:27
  Family ID	F7018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Ross, William William Ross AUBURN — William D. “Bill” Ross, 71, Auburn, died Monday, Dec. 18,2000, at home. Mr. Ross farmed in the Dover and Auburn area, and was a self-employed drywall finisher and contractor before he retired. He also raised and was a breeder of homing pigeons and rabbits. He served six years in the Marine Corps. He was born Sept. 16,1929, in Topeka, the son of William Clair and Agnes Gertrude Kidman Ross. He moved with his family to Santa Barbara, Calif., when he was 6 years old, and he graduated from high school in California. He moved back to the Dover and Auburn area in 1949. Mr. Ross was an avid raccoon and coyote hunter. He was a member of the Mo-Kan Combine Pigeon Racing Group, the Topeka Racing Pigeon Club and the American Rabbit Breeders Association. He married Grace Margaret Henderson on March 11,1950, in Topeka. She survives. Other survives include four sons, Greg Ross and Clay Ross, both of Topeka, Doug Ross, Harveyville, and John Ross, Rossville; four daughters, Shelly Ross, Silver Lake, Kelly Ross and Bobbi Wendt, both of Topeka, and Billi Jones, Auburn; and 10 grandchildren. Mr. Ross was preceded in death by a grand-child, Azure Fisher, in 1981. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Auburn Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in the Auburn Cemetery west of Auburn. Mr. Ross will lie in state from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday at Carey Funeral Home in Burlingame, where visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the American Lung Association, sent in care of the funeral home.