Genevieve A. Ballinger
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Genevieve A. Ballinger, age 90, resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Saturday March 25, 2017, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born April 1, 1926, in Poughkeepsie, New York, the daughter of William Webster Close and Bessie Elmira Morris Close. Genevieve graduated from Poughkeepsie High School. She married Russell Ballinger February 3, 1945, in the Church of the Holy Comforter in Poughkeepsie, New York .Russell served in the United States Navy during W. W. II, he preceded her in death on May 24, 1993. She was co-owner of Ballinger T. V. She has served as President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the V.F.W Ladies Auxiliary. She helped start the Daughters of the Nile Club and had served as President, and was a Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star Hiattville chapter. She loved quilting, dancing, and creating art.
Survivors include her four children, Russell Ballinger, Jr. and wife Margaret of Champlin, Minnesota, Larry Ballinger and wife Radonna of Pittsburg, Kansas, Doreen Brown and husband Johnnie, of Girard, Kansas, and Lisa Goddard and husband Steven of Fort Scott; a brother William Close, Jr., of Poughkeepsie, New York; a sister Beverly DeMott of Red Hook, New York; nine grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Russell Ballinger Sr., a grandson, Joel Daly and a brother, Charles Close.
Rev. Kevin Moyers will conduct graveside services at 10:00 A. M. Thursday, March 30th, 2017 at the U. S. National Cemetery. . Family and friends may meet at the Cheney Witt Chapel prior to leaving for the cemetery at 9:45 A.M on Thursday. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 P.M. Wednesday at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to the Mirza Shrine Transportation Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.