Donald Duane Ganoung

Donald Duane Ganoung passed away on April 24, 2022, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 92. He was born on April 29, 1929, in Rural Rooks County, Kansas to Herman and Mary (Novotny) Ganoung. Don was united in marriage to Earlene (Miller) Ganoung on April 12, 1959, at the United Methodist Church in Plainville. The couple was blessed with three sons: Randy, Richard and Doug. Don was a lifetime resident of Rooks County and a fifth-generation farmer on his family’s homestead. He graduated from Plainville High School with the class of 1947. Following High School he went to work as an assistant manager at Mackwelling Lumber Company before enlisting in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict as an Airforce policeman. Don was honorably discharged and returned to Rooks County to work for the lumber yard and to help his father on the family farm and formed a partnership, Ganoung Charolais with his brother Herman Jr. Don retired at the age of 87. He loved tending to the land and raising Charolais. Don rarely left home, but when he did it was to take his family to Estes Park and other national forests camping, going on bus trips with his wife and friends, or square dancing at a local dance. He didn’t know a stranger and thoroughly enjoyed visiting with his friends, neighbors, and cattle customers. Don was a member of the United Methodist Church in Plainville. Don is survived by his wife Earlene Ganoung of Plainville, KS; sons, Randy (Denise) Ganoung of Plainville, KS, Richard Ganoung of Paola, KS, and Doug (Kim) Ganoung of Valley Center, KS; fourteen grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Mary Ganoung; siblings, Herman Ganoung Jr., Angela Denio, and Raymond Ganoung; and one great-grandson. A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, April 29, 2022, at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Plainville. Visitation will be on Thursday at the funeral home from 2 PM until 8 PM with Family Receiving Friends from 5 PM until 7 PM. In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the United Methodist Church or Redbud Estates and may be sent in care of Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, 320 SW 2nd St., Plainville, KS 67663.