Catherine Goldena Roufs

Monday, December 28, 2015
Catherine Goldena Roufs

Catherine Goldena Roufs, age 92, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, at Guest Home Estates. She was born May 30, 1923, in Wichita, Kan., the daughter of Frank G. and Pearl Goldena Cook Hill. She married Harold John Roufs. To this union were born four sons. They later divorced. She worked 18 years as cook for Fulton School. She then catered dinners and weddings for many years. She enjoyed shopping, antiquing, cooking and baking.

Survivors include three sons, Gary Roufs and wife Cathy, Dennis Roufs and wife Roberta, and Daryl Roufs; three brothers, Miles, Forest, and Galen "Butch" Hill; a sister, Beth Warran; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Harold John Roufs, Jr.; and four brothers, Louis, Donald, Loren, and Wilbert Hill.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will take place at a later date in Osaga Cemetery, Fulton, Kan. Memorials are suggested to the Guest Home Estates Activity Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.