Roger Stitt

Roger Duane Stitt 84, passed away Feb. 3, 2017 at 2:35 PM in the Linn Community Nursing Home. He was born June 17 1932 in Clay Center, KS the son of Denny David and Emma May (Rogers) Stitt. Roger moved with his family to Concordia and later to Randolph. He worked for farmers in the area while attending school. Roger graduated from Randolph high school with the class of 1950. He enlisted in the US Navy in January 1951. After boot camp, while on leave, he married Jeanne Moon on April 19 1951. Roger trained as a diesel engineman & spent the next 4 years on board the USS Rehoboth until his discharge in October 1954. Roger worked at a service station in Manhattan before moving to Kansas City to attend mechanics school under the GI bill. After a couple of years in Kansas City, they decided to move back to Clay Center to raise their family. He worked at Livengood-Siebold Motor Co. until he heard about KDOT giving test for auto mechanics.       Instead of offering him a mechanics job they hired him as equipment inspector for an eighteen-county area. That job lasted 30 years until his retirement in 1994. Roger liked to camp and fish. He also enjoyed woodworking. Every year the girls in the family received little Christmas ornaments cut from wood. People around town always commented on seeing him driving his little Cushman pickup around town. Preceding him in death were his parents; Sisters, Doris (Merlin) Schultes and Elaine Hitsman; Brothers, David Stitt, Donald Stitt, Robert Stitt, James Stitt and Baby boy Stitt. Surviving are his wife, Sons Kenneth (Judy) Stitt, Richard (Elizabeth) Stitt and Terry (Tina) Stitt. 8 grandchildren & 8 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services: 11:00AM Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at the Neill-Schwensen-Rook Funeral Home in Clay Center, KS Minister: Rev. Matthew Coleman Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Clay Center, Kansas Visitation: Monday, February 6, 2017 from 4-8 PM at Neill-Schwensen-Rook Funeral Home Memorials: Clay County Hospital Foundation or Clay County Historical Society c/o the funeral home