GARY D. CROPP
December 11, 2016
HOISINGTON, Kansas – Gary D. Cropp, 81, died December 9, 2016, at Clara Barton Hospital. He was born June 6, 1935, on the farm in Avard, Oklahoma, the son of Earl N. and Bonnie M. (Millsap) Cropp.
Gary graduated from Avard High School and received his bachelor of science in natural sciences from Northwestern Oklahoma State in Alva.
A longtime resident of Barton County, Gary was a farmer and a schoolteacher. He lived and farmed for many years near Susank, raising wheat and milking cows for 10 years. He retired from teaching in 1997, teaching at Hoisington for the past 20 years, but he had also taught in Odin, Susank, and many other places around Kansas before that.
Gary was a member of the Concordia Lutheran Church.
On July 23, 1967, he married Virginia M. Baker in Pratt, Kansas. She preceded him in death on August 24, 2013.
Survivors include two sons: Robin Kletke and wife Robin Cohen of Seattle, Washington, and Lucas M. Cropp of Hoisington; brother Jack Cropp and wife Lyla of Kiowa, Kansas; sister Hazel Duran and husband Jerry of Salina, Kansas; lots of nieces and nephews; and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Virginia Cropp; infant daughter, Patricia Ann Cropp; sister, Clara Fuqua; and brothers John, Rex, and Lee Cropp.
Prayer Vigil will be 7:30 p.m. Sunday, December 11, 2016, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Monday, at Concordia Lutheran Church, Hoisington, with Reverend Mark Lovett presiding. Friends may call 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, with family to receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or Clara Barton Hospital Foundation, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at http://www.nicholsonrickefh.net.
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