Albert "Butch" L. Albers passed away at home on July 22, 2017, at the age of 69.  He was born to Donald and Marguerite (Seuser) Albers on December 17, 1947 in LaCrosse, Kansas.

Butch was raised on a farm south of Ransom, Kansas.  After graduating from high school in 1965, he attended Fort Hays State University, where he received a BS and MS in Botany.

He married Jeanette Tillitson on August 29, 1970.  Butch began working for the U.S. Forestry Service in Range Management while living in Magdalena and Glenwood, New Mexico.  He was proud to serve in the Forest Service and keep wildfires under control.

In 1975, Butch and Jeanette returned to Ransom where he worked with his father and brother on their family farm.  Butch enjoyed hunting, fishing, carpentry, dirt track racing, antiquing, golfing, and playing music.  He was a member of the Praise Fellowship Church, where he played bass guitar and sang for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Jeanette, of the family home; two daughters, Lee Ann and husband Paul Cramer of Scott City, Kansas, and Wendy Pettit of Clay Center, Kansas; three grandchildren, Jordan, Logan, and Emily, all of Scott City; two sisters, Donna and husband Fred Klitzke of Glendale, Arizona, and Linda and husband Stuart Dietz of Hudson, Kansas; sister-in-law, Marlene Albers of Bison, Kansas; mother-in-law, Melba Tillitson of Ransom; and many nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Bill.

Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 28, 2017 at Praise Fellowship Church, Ransom.  Burial will be in the Ransom Cemetery.

Visitation will be Thursday, from 9:00 to 8:00 p.m. with family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Praise Fellowship Church or North Ness County EMS.

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