Eugene D. Ross of Phillipsburg, Kansas passed away April 25, 2023 at the age of 79. He was born January 30, 1944 in Rooks County, Kansas on the family farm. Eugene was the son of Dewey and Eula (Sammons) Ross. Eugene was the oldest of three children with a younger brother and sister.

Eugene grew up on the family farm and had a lifelong love of farming. He continued helping his son, Mitch on his ranch until his health no longer allowed. Memories he's shared from his younger years were carrying buckets of feed to the cows in snow drifts as high as the house and driving farm equipment way before he was old enough to have a license.

In 1964, Eugene married his high school sweetheart, Marilyn Post. They shared 59 wonderful years of marriage together before Marilyn lost her battle with cancer in 2021. Together they had two children, Shannon and Mitch. Eugene worked several jobs with the majority of his working career being spent at the Phillipsburg Refinery where he retired in 2010.

Eugene enjoyed his family rarely missing his kids, grandkids and great-grandkids activities. He enjoyed traveling in his 5 ^th wheel camper with Marilyn, watching Nascar and spending time working in his shop. Eugene and Marilyn spent several winters in Bouse, AZ with a group of Phillipsburg friends riding their UTV in the desert. They took several trips to Las Vegas with their close friends Doug and Carol. Favorite family trips and life long memories were made in Angel Fire, NM, Breckenridge, CO and the Badlands of South Dakota.

Eugene is preceded in death by his parents and his wife Marilyn.

Survivors include his children Shannon Hahn and husband Stefan of Overland Park, KS and Mitch Ross and wife Cindy of rural Stockton, KS; grandchildren David Ross, Jessy Maddy, Cole Hahn and Ross Hahn; great grandchildren Isaiah Ross, Wyatt and Josie Maddy; brother Everett Ross of Ark City, KS and sister Phyllis Breese of Smith Center, KS.

Funeral services will be held Monday, May 1 at 10:30 a.m. in the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel with Pastor LeRoy Herder officiating. The service will be streamed live on the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel Facebook page. Burial will follow in the Slate Cemetery, Rooks County.

V isitation will be from 12:00 to 9:00 Saturday & Sunday with the family receiving friends from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church or the Phillips County Hospital Nursing Dept.