Billy Dean Oliver, age 81, died on July 6, 2017 at the Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom. He was born on September 3, 1935 in Utica, Kansas the son of Lester and Edna Nelson Oliver.

He was the Grisell Memorial Hospital and Long Term Care maintenance engineer for 48 years. He was a member of the Ransom EMT and Fire Departments and is well known for his ability to fix and build anything.

On December 29, 1953 he married Frankie Lee Roths in Ransom. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Randy Oliver of Ransom and Cody Oliver of Watford City, ND; five daughters, Rhonda and her husband Sam Randecker of Dighton, Sandra and her husband Gary Fehrenbach of Ness City, Pamela and her husband Damon Breit of Hays, DeAnn Oliver of Hays, and Belinda and her husband Mike Martindale of Dighton; 13 grandchildren: Quincy, Amanda, Misty, Cole, Shannon, Shane, Luke, Jesse, Katie, Nick, Randilee, Quintin, and Lance; and 16 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Lester Jr. and James Oliver and great granddaughter, Emalyn Bernbeck.

Viewing at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City will be on Sunday and Monday from 10:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. Rosary will be on Monday at 6:30 P.M. followed by the Parish Vigil, 7:00 at Fitzgerald Funeral Home. The funeral service will be on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 10:00 A.M. at St. Aloysius Church, Ransom. Burial in the St. Aloysius Cemetery, Ransom.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Grisell Memorial Hospital.

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