Larned – Ronald F. Scranton, age 70, died June 15, 2016, at his home in Larned.

He was born September 8, 1945, in the Hays Hospital, the son of Alvin E. and Ava June Worcester Scranton. He graduated in 1963 from Hill City High School and attended KU and KSU, earning BS and MS degrees in Horticulture and Business.

Ron was the owner and operator of Larned Greenhouse, Flower Shop and Nursery from 1972 to 2010. He was a US Army Veteran, serving with the Combat Engineers in Vietnam.

On April 8, 1967, he married Martha Deason in Lawrence, Kansas. She survives.
Other survivors include: his mother, Ava June Scranton, Hill City; a sister, Sonja Steeples, Hays; a daughter, Kimberly and her husband Jay Holthaus, Leawood; three granddaughters, Gretchen, Maureen and Alison, all of Leawood.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m., Monday, at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned, with Officiant Rod Schmidt presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday with family present from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned. Burial and graveside will be at 3 p.m. Monday in the Hill City Cemetery, Hill City.

Memorials may be sent to Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice or your favorite charity in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Box 477 Larned, KS 67550.