MARILYN JANE IVES

Marilyn Jane Ives, age 72, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Liberal, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, at her home.

She was born Jan. 22, 1938, at Marion, Ind., the daughter of Victor Ernest Turney and Jessie Lucille Griffin Turney.

Jane had worked for several years in housekeeping and laundry at the Best Western Fort Scott Inn.

Survivors include four sons, Daniel Turney and wife, Teri, Marion, Ind.; Travis Goodwin and wife, Karen, Sheldon, Mo.; Waylon Goodwin, Liberal, Mo.; and Nathan Goodwin, Larned, Kan.; three daughters, Kathy Hall and husband, Eddie and Cindy Hall and husband, Fred, all of Fort Scott; and Rollena Miller and husband, Quenton, Pittsburg, Kan.; and a son-in-law, Mike Alcorta, Marion, Ind.

Also surviving are 20 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Donetta Alcorta, a son, Melvin Tincher III and two brothers, Jack and Don Turney.

Pastor Robin Reeves, assisted by Travis Goodwin, will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, 2010, at the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel.

Burial will follow in the Clarksburg Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Cheney Witt Chapel.

Memorials are suggested to the Jane Ives Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, Kan., 66701.

Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at www.cheneywitt.com.