Viola M. Ross, 88, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 at Hays Medical Center. She was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Hays to Adolph and Mary (Urban) Dreiling.
She married Norbert E. Ross on Sept. 4, 1946, in Hays. He preceded her in death in 1981.
She was a 1938 graduate of Girls Catholic High. She worked at The Hays Daily News until her marriage, was a homemaker and later employed at Fort Hays State University until retirement in 1985. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Altar Society and Christian Mothers and the Eucharistic Adorers.
Survivors include three sons, Daniel Ross and wife, Mary Ann, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; Ronald Ross and wife, Alice, Parkville, Mo. and Kenneth Ross and wife, Karen, Fort Wayne, Ind.; two daughters, Mary Jo Chambers and husband, Donald, Hays, and Judith Gilbert and husband, Paul, Overland Park; a brother, Alan Ross and wife, Wilma, Hays; a sister, Dorothy Dreiling and husband, Marvin, Hays; a brother-in-law, Clarence Thummel, Los Angeles; four sisters-in- laws, Lillian Dreiling and Tina Ross, both of Hays, Irene Hauser, Louisville, Colo., and Mildred Ross, Wichita; six grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; 11 step-great-grandchildren; and four step-great- great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1981; a brother, Anthony F. (Frank) Dreiling; and two sisters, Mary Ann Thummel and Mildred Bollig.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, both at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine, Hays. A combined rosary with the Altar Society, Christian Mothers and Eucharistic Adorers will be at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the chapel. A wake will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the church in care of the chapel.
Hays Daily News, 2/4/2009
She married Norbert E. Ross on Sept. 4, 1946, in Hays. He preceded her in death in 1981.
She was a 1938 graduate of Girls Catholic High. She worked at The Hays Daily News until her marriage, was a homemaker and later employed at Fort Hays State University until retirement in 1985. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Altar Society and Christian Mothers and the Eucharistic Adorers.
Survivors include three sons, Daniel Ross and wife, Mary Ann, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; Ronald Ross and wife, Alice, Parkville, Mo. and Kenneth Ross and wife, Karen, Fort Wayne, Ind.; two daughters, Mary Jo Chambers and husband, Donald, Hays, and Judith Gilbert and husband, Paul, Overland Park; a brother, Alan Ross and wife, Wilma, Hays; a sister, Dorothy Dreiling and husband, Marvin, Hays; a brother-in-law, Clarence Thummel, Los Angeles; four sisters-in- laws, Lillian Dreiling and Tina Ross, both of Hays, Irene Hauser, Louisville, Colo., and Mildred Ross, Wichita; six grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; 11 step-great-grandchildren; and four step-great- great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1981; a brother, Anthony F. (Frank) Dreiling; and two sisters, Mary Ann Thummel and Mildred Bollig.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, both at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine, Hays. A combined rosary with the Altar Society, Christian Mothers and Eucharistic Adorers will be at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the chapel. A wake will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the church in care of the chapel.
Hays Daily News, 2/4/2009
Viola M. Ross, 88, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 at Hays Medical Center. She was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Hays to Adolph and Mary (Urban) Dreiling.
She married Norbert E. Ross on Sept. 4, 1946, in Hays. He preceded her in death in 1981.
She was a 1938 graduate of Girls Catholic High. She worked at The Hays Daily News until her marriage, was a homemaker and later employed at Fort Hays State University until retirement in 1985. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Altar Society and Christian Mothers and the Eucharistic Adorers.
Survivors include three sons, Daniel Ross and wife, Mary Ann, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; Ronald Ross and wife, Alice, Parkville, Mo. and Kenneth Ross and wife, Karen, Fort Wayne, Ind.; two daughters, Mary Jo Chambers and husband, Donald, Hays, and Judith Gilbert and husband, Paul, Overland Park; a brother, Alan Ross and wife, Wilma, Hays; a sister, Dorothy Dreiling and husband, Marvin, Hays; a brother-in-law, Clarence Thummel, Los Angeles; four sisters-in- laws, Lillian Dreiling and Tina Ross, both of Hays, Irene Hauser, Louisville, Colo., and Mildred Ross, Wichita; six grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; 11 step-great-grandchildren; and four step-great- great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1981; a brother, Anthony F. (Frank) Dreiling; and two sisters, Mary Ann Thummel and Mildred Bollig.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, both at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine, Hays. A combined rosary with the Altar Society, Christian Mothers and Eucharistic Adorers will be at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the chapel. A wake will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the church in care of the chapel.
Hays Daily News, 2/4/2009
She married Norbert E. Ross on Sept. 4, 1946, in Hays. He preceded her in death in 1981.
She was a 1938 graduate of Girls Catholic High. She worked at The Hays Daily News until her marriage, was a homemaker and later employed at Fort Hays State University until retirement in 1985. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Altar Society and Christian Mothers and the Eucharistic Adorers.
Survivors include three sons, Daniel Ross and wife, Mary Ann, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; Ronald Ross and wife, Alice, Parkville, Mo. and Kenneth Ross and wife, Karen, Fort Wayne, Ind.; two daughters, Mary Jo Chambers and husband, Donald, Hays, and Judith Gilbert and husband, Paul, Overland Park; a brother, Alan Ross and wife, Wilma, Hays; a sister, Dorothy Dreiling and husband, Marvin, Hays; a brother-in-law, Clarence Thummel, Los Angeles; four sisters-in- laws, Lillian Dreiling and Tina Ross, both of Hays, Irene Hauser, Louisville, Colo., and Mildred Ross, Wichita; six grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; 11 step-great-grandchildren; and four step-great- great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1981; a brother, Anthony F. (Frank) Dreiling; and two sisters, Mary Ann Thummel and Mildred Bollig.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, both at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine, Hays. A combined rosary with the Altar Society, Christian Mothers and Eucharistic Adorers will be at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the chapel. A wake will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the church in care of the chapel.
Hays Daily News, 2/4/2009
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
