Robert S McCoy

• Individual
• Family
• Ancestors
• Descendants
• Relationship
• Timeline
• GEDCOM
• Suggest

Obituary- McCoy, Robert

Robert McCoy
ROSSVILLE - Robert S. McCoy, 89, Rossville, died Friday, March 7, 2003, at a Rossville nursing home.

Mr. McCoy had been the custodian at Rossville Grade School and High School from 1962 to 1978. He also had been a truck driver and a farm hand. He worked for the Shawnee County Road Department.

He was born Nov. 25, 1913, near Belvue, to Stephen and Bess Stratton McCoy. He graduated from Louisville High School in 1931.

Mr. McCoy was a member of Rossville United Methodist Church and Rossville Senior Citizens.

He married Lura McNay on Nov. 27, 1936, in Topeka. She survives.

Other survivors include two daughters, Linda Seitz, Ottawa, and Lois Lacock, Rossville; a sister, Jean Scully, Topeka; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Rossville United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Mr. McCoy will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home, where visitation will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Rossville United Methodist Church, Rossville Senior Center or Rossville Valley Manor and sent in care of the funeral home, 714 Maple, St. Marys, 66536.

---

Robert S. McCoy
Robert S. McCoy, 89, Rossville, died at the Rossville Valley Manor Friday, March 7, 2003.

He was born near Belvue on November 25, 1913, the son of Stephen and Bess Stratton McCoy, and had lived in the Rossville community since 1954.

He grew up in the Louisville community and was graduated from Louisville High School in 1931. He had been the custodian at the Rossville Grade School and High Schools from 1962 until he retired in 1978. In his early years, he was a truck driver and a farm hand. He had worked for the Shawnee County Road Department before going to work for the schools. He was a member of the Rossville United Methodist Church and the Rossville Senior Citizens.

On November 27, 1936, he married Lura McNay in Topeka. She survives.

Other survivors include two daughters, Linda Seitz, Ottawa, and Lois Lacock, Rossville; a sister, Jean Scully, Topeka; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

His service as at 10 a.m. Tuesday (this morning) at the Rossville United Methodist Church. Burial was in the Rossville Cemetery.