Ross A. Potter, age 91, died Sept. 9, 2017 at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom. He was born on Aug. 11, 1926 in Burdett, the son of Robert Harrison “Harry” and Beatrice Ellen Miller Potter.
He was a United States Army Air Corps veteran having served with the 36th Fighter Squadron (the Flying Fiends) of the 8th Fighter Group. He was a member of the Ransom VFW No. 7972, the Ness City American Legion Frank Stull Post 152, and the Arnold United Methodist Church. He served on the board of Production Credit Association and the Ness County Soil Conservation District. He was a well know farmer and rancher and raised Appaloosa horses for many years.
On July 19, 1949, he married Phyllis Shearer at her parents’ home in Arnold, Kansas. She survives.
Other survivors include his son, Richard H. Potter and his wife, Peggy of Ness City; daughter Sandra L. Potter of Springfield, Missouri; daughter-in-law Reni Potter-Wood of Orlando, Florida; sister, Jennie Tillitson of Ransom; three grandchildren, Amanda Bardwell, Emily Palmer, and Ryan Potter; and four great-grandchildren, Gracie Palmer, Michael Potter, Reece Bardwell, and Brynn Bardwell. He was preceded in death by his son, Steve Potter, and a sister, Vera Breit.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 at the Arnold Cemetery. Viewing at Fitzgerald Funeral Home on Friday, Sept. 15 from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. with the family present from 7 to 9 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Ransom VFW or the Rhode Island Suites.