Ronald James  McCartney was born June 9, 1936 in Lebanon, KS, the son of Garnet James & Bess Rose (Tillinghast) McCartney.  He was the oldest of 4 children.

Ron attended school in Kensington, Ks graduating with the class of 1954.  After high school he attended Southwestern Assembly of God College.  While there, he attended a church in Dallas, TX where he met the love of his life, La Juan Hill.  He proposed and they were married on November 25, 1955. They were blessed with 3 children; a daughter, Patricia Renee & 2 sons, Samuel James & Mark Raphael.

After 5 years in Texas, the couple made an agreement to live in Kansas & stay where they liked it the most, so Kansas became their longtime home.  In Kensington, Ron worked for the COOP.  After many years in the main office, he transferred to Kirwin to manage that elevator.  After retiring, the couple moved to Phillipsburg where Ron worked for the Phillips County Hospital in the maintenance Dept., retiring from there after 20 years.

During his life he was a man of few words.  He enjoyed stamp collecting from the age of 9 & still had stamp albums that he was trying to fill, making many trips to the post office to collect new issues.  He also enjoyed genealogy & spent many hours searching online or reading tombstones in surrounding counties.  His favorite passion was his relationship with his church & family.  The man of few words would talk most about Jesus & genealogy.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his wife La Juan;' daughter, Patricia; sons, Samuel & Mark; his brother Jerold; sisters, Sharon Zimmerman & Janice Nordon; 8 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren & 1 great-great grandchild.

Funeral services will be held Friday, January 20 at 10:00 a.m. in the Heartland Worship Center, Agra, with Pastor Chris Baker officiating.  The service will be streamed live on the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel Facebook page.  Burial will follow in the Agra Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5:00 to 9:00 Wednesday and 9:00 to 9:00 Thursday at the funeral home with the family receiving friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Heartland Worship Center