Bill Wright passed away on October 5, 2021 in Goodland Kansas. Bill was born on October 26, 1932. Bill married Dorothy Evans in 1950, and to this union four children; Janet, Chris, Cynthia and Douglas were born. Bill loved farming, watching his kids play sports and flying airplanes. He was very active in the Kanorado and Goodland communities, serving on various boards and winning numerous farming awards. Bill was especially involved in the sugar beet industry, raising beets for over 20 years. Bill semi-retired from farming in 2005, and he and Millie moved to their home in Goodland. In 2017, Bill moved to Wheat Ridge Acres, and very much enjoyed his new extended family there.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Ida, infant sister Katherine and sisters Marjorie Pizel and Joyce Burd, wife Millie, and a son-in-law George (Cynthia) Logan. 

 Bill is survived by a brother, Jack (Connie) Wright of La Crescenta, CA, his children Janet (Russ) Sammons of Littleton, CO, Chris (Joe) Blackwell of Palmer Lake, CO, Cynthia Logan of Vorhees, NJ and Doug (Melanie) Wright of Las Vegas, NV, two step children Kevin (Kim) Rasure of Goodland, KS and Randy Rasure of Lake Arial, Pennsylvania. Bill is also survived by 6 grandchildren, Heather, Lauren, Kathleen, Stacey, Andrea, Marney, and and 9 great grandchildren of his own, as well as 4 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren from his ‘blended’ family, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held on Sunday October 10th at 1:00pm at Koons-Rusell funeral home, followed by a memorial service and burial on Tuesday October 12th at 11am at Kanarado Cemetery.
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