Agnes Ruth Hill

Agnes Ruth Hill

Agnes Ruth Hill, age 90, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Homestead assisted living facility in Girard, Kan. She was born Jan. 20, 1933, in San Pedro, Calif., the daughter of Henry Carl Jones and Sophie Evelyn Borders Jones. Ruth married Roger Hill on July 23, 1955. Following their marriage, Ruth and Roger lived in St. Louis, Mo., for a few years before relocating to Fort Scott. Over the years, Ruth had worked as a telephone operator and later at the Bourbon County Senior Citizens Center where she helped prepare Meals of Wheels. However, her primary occupation was taking care of her family. She will be remembered as a loving and devoted mother to her four children. Ruth loved the outdoors and spent many hours working in her garden and canning the fruits of her labors. She also had a tender heart for animals and often took in and cared for stray dogs and cats.

Survivors include her children, Dennis Hill of Lamar, Mo., Diana Johnson (Sam) of Fort Scott, Kan., and Dallas Hill (Tammy) of Arma, Kan. Also surviving are several grandchildren, great and great-great-grandchildren. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Dawn Maurer, son-in-law, Tony Fleeman, and a daughter-in-law, Frances Hill. She was also preceded in death by her former husband, Roger Hill, her parents and a sister, Emma and a brother, Carl.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 21 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Clarksburg Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association or the American Kidney Foundation and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.