Ruth L Lemon Leeper Kitt

1921 - 2000  (79 years)

• Name	Ruth L Lemon Leeper Kitt
  Born	12 May 1921	Hollenburg, Washington County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 Dec 2000	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4429	Rossville
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Earl William Lemon
  Mother	Alice LePage Lemon
  Family ID	F6070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ulan Gene Leeper
  Divorced	YES
  Children	+ 1. Karen Kay Leeper Oliver,   b. 4 Sep 1946, Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas ,   d. 27 Aug 2005, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 58 years) + 2. Tom Leeper   3. Rita Leeper Beckner   4. Deb Leeper Crawford   5. Leslie Leeper   6. Mike Leeper   7. Pat Leeper + 8. Mick Leeper
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2018 12:30:44
  Family ID	F3153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	LeRoy F Kitt,   b. 1922,   d. 1987  (Age 65 years)
  Divorced	YES
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2017 14:35:26
  Family ID	F6071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Kitt, Ruth 1 Ruth L. Leeper Kitt Ruth L. Leeper Kitt, 79, Rossville, died Saturday, December 2, 2000, at a Topeka hospital. She was born May 12,1921, in Hollenburg, the daughter of Earl and Alice LePage Lemon. Mrs. Kitt grew up in the Maple Hill community and was graduated from Maple Hill High School where she played basketball. She had lived in the Great Bend area and moved to Topeka in 1965, and later to the Maple Hill and Rossville communities. She had worked for the State of Kansas Department of Revenue for many years, and had a great love for flowers and animals. She was married to Ulan Gene Leeper; they were divorced. She later married Leroy Kitt; they were also divorced. Surviving her are three daughters, Rita Beckner, Rossville, Karen Oliver, Topeka, and Deb Crawford, Paxico; five sons, Leslie Leeper, Reno, NV, Mike Leeper, Tonganoxie, Pat Leeper, Topeka, and Mick Leeper and Tom Leeper, Rossville; a sister, Reva Boaz, Shawnee Mission; a brother, Lawrence Lemon, Rossville; 17 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson. A family visitation at Piper Funeral Chapel, Rossville, was Monday evening. Her service was at 10 a.m. Tuesday (this morning) at the Maple Hill Community Congregational Community Church in Maple Hill. Burial was in the Maple Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Helping Hand Humane Society, Topeka.
  		Obituary- Kitt, Ruth 2 Ruth Leeper Kitt ROSSVILLE — Ruth L. Leeper Kitt, 79, Rossville, died Saturday, Dec. 2,2000, at a Topeka hospital. S She was born May 12,1921, in Hollenberg in Washington County, to Earl and Alice LePage Lemon. She spent her early life in the Maple Hill community and graduated from Maple Hill High School where she played basketball. She lived in the Great Bend area before she moved to Topeka in 1965. She spent many years in the Maple Hill and Rossville communities. She worked for the Kansas Department of Revenue for many years. She married Ulan Gene Leeper. They divorced. She married Leroy Kitt. They divorced. Survivors include five sons, Leslie Leeper, Reno, Nev. Mike Leeper, Tonganoxie, Pat Leeper, Topeka, and Mick Leeper and Tom Leeper, both in Rossville; three daughters, Rita Beckner, Rossville, Karen Oliver, Topeka, and Deb Crawford, Paxico; a brother, Lawrence Lemon, Rossville; a sister, Reva Boaz, Johnson County; 17 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a great-great- grandson. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Community Congregational Church in Maple Hill. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Kitt will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at Piper Funeral Chapel in Rossville where visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Helping Hands Humane Society, 2625 N.W. Rochester Road, Topeka, 66617.