1940-2025
Danny R. Ellis, 84, passed away May 7, 2025 at Azria Health Woodhaven in Great Bend, Kansas.
He was born September 30, 1940 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Everette Raymond and Viola Mae Boese Ellis.
A longtime area resident, he owned the Amoco Gas Station in Burdett and was an industrial engineer for Boeing. He received his pilot’s license and enjoyed drag racing and farming.
On June 9, 1961 he married Becky Lee Olsen at Kinsley, Kansas. She survives.
Other survivors include: two daughters, Sunni (Kris) Smyth, Scott City, and Wendi (Chad) Carr, Darby, Montana; sister-in-law, Diana Koontz, Kansas City, Missouri; two grandchildren, Reagan (Koltyn) Ratliff, Great Bend and Brandon (Airika Frey) Smyth, Hutchinson; and one great grandchild, Levi Ratliff.
He was preceded in death by: his parents; sister, Carol Patterson; and brother-in-law, Norman Koontz.
Celebration of life details will be coming soon.
Memorials may be given to Gentiva Hospice or Ronald McDonald House Charities, Wichita, Kansas in care of Beckwith Mortuary, PO Box 477, Larned, Kansas 67550. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary. com.
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