FRANCES W. “DOVIE” COTTON
Frances W. “Dovie” Cotton, age 95 years, of Ellinwood, Kansas, passed away on Thursday evening, November 2, 2017 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center in Great Bend, Kansas. Dovie was born on January 2, 1922 in Ionia County, Michigan to Harry and Cora (VanLeuvan) Riker, and grew up in the Portland, Michigan area. She was united in marriage to Ralph K. Cotton on August 6, 1939 at Portland, Michigan, and the couple owned and operated bakeries for all of their working life. They moved to Deadwood, South Dakota in 1961, and lived there for eleven years until moving to Ellinwood, Kansas in February of 1972. The couple owned and operated Alpine Ovens bakery in Ellinwood from 1972 until 1991, with Ralph doing the baking and Dovie working the sales counter. She attended the First Assembly of God Church in Great Bend, Kansas for many years.
Dovie is survived by three sons: Larry (and his wife, Kay) Cotton of Howell, Michigan, Jerry (and his wife, Donna) Cotton of Deadwood, South Dakota, and Terry (and his wife, Sarah) Cotton of St. Joseph, Missouri; two daughters: Vicki (and her husband, Charles) Myers of Aurora, Colorado and Niki Cotton of Great Bend, Kansas; eight grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert (and his wife, Sylvia) Riker of Portland, Michigan; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ralph K. Cotton in 1991, three sisters and one brother.
Graveside Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at Lakin-Commanche District Cemetery at Ellinwood, Kansas. Memorial donations may be made in care of the family. Online condolences may be left for the family and a complete obituary may be viewed at http://www.charterfunerals.com/locations/great-bend.php.
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Charter Funerals
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Great Bend, KS 67530
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