December 24, 2024

Venus M. Gropp, Age 97, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on September 6, 1921 on the family farm North of Coolidge, Kansas, the daughter of George Washington and Edith Ellen Webster McClary Herren.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2011 moving from Syracuse, Kansas, she was a school lunch worker for USD #494 in Syracuse, Kansas for several years.

She was a member of the Syracuse Wesleyan Church in Syracuse, Kansas.
On February 5, 1939 she married Fred O. Gropp in Syracuse, Kansas.  He passed away on September 30, 1988 in Garden City, Kansas.
Survivors Include her One Son – Terry & Caecilia Gropp of Scott City, Kansas, One Daughter – Mary & Galen McCrary of Tecumseh, Kansas, Three Grandchildren – Kelly & Cathy McCrary of Springfield, Missouri, Gail & Dennis Lyda of Topeka, Kansas, Troy & Cindy McCrary of Topeka, Kansas, Nine Great Grandchildren and Eighteen Great Great Grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband – Fred, Eleven Brothers and Sisters. 

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 11, 2019, at the First Christian Church in Scott City, Kansas with Rev. Rodney Hopper presiding. 

Memorials In Lieu Of Flowers may be made to the First Christian Church in care of Price & Sons Funeral Homes.

Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 11, 2019 at the Kendall Cemetery in Kendall, Kansas.

Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m until 8:00 p.m. Saturday and 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Sunday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Scott City, Kansas.