ROBERT ROSS "BOB" MCELLHINEY
Funeral Service Time/Date: 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 8, 2006
Location of Funeral
Service Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home, 1317 Poyntz, Manhattan, KS 66502
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Sunday, May 7, 2006
Visitation Location: Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home, 1317 Poyntz, Manhattan, KS 66502
Burial: Cremation will follow with inurnment at a later date in the Fairview Cemetery, Francisco, IN.

Obituary: Robert Ross “Bob” McEllhiney, 78, Manhattan, KS passed away Friday, April 28, 2006 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.

He was born September 22, 1927 at Princeton, Indiana, the son of Ross A. McEllhiney and Myrtle Staser McEllhiney. He grew up in Princeton and attended the local schools.

He dutifully served his country in the U.S. Army from 1945-1948 and returned to Indiana to receive his Bachelor’s Degree from Purdue University in 1952 and his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University in 1953. While at Purdue he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.

Bob’s illustrious career included General Production Manager for Albers Milling Company, a division of the Carnation Company 1953-1975; Director of Production, Engineering, Quality Control and Vehicle Administration for ConAgra, Inc., in their Agri-Products and Consumer Products Divisions, 1975-1979; and Professor at Kansas State University in the Department of Grain Science 1979-1993, where he was Professor Emeritus. Notable honors included a charter member of the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA). In 1992, he received the AFIA’s Distinguished Service Award and in 1997 was elected to the AFIA/KSU Feed Manufacturing Hall of Fame.

Bob was a prolific and distinguished writer of poetry, prose and technical publications, including editor and contributor to Feed Manufacturing Technology. He wrote a monthly newsletter to keep family and friends connected. He was a 58-year member of Prince Lodge No. 231, F. & A.M., Princeton, IN and the Scottish Rite and Tangier Shrine, both of Omaha, NE. Local memberships included Lafayette Lodge No. 16, A.F. & A.M., Past Worthy Matron of Manhattan Chapter No. 209, O.E.S., Manhattan Shrine Club and the Pearce-Keller American Legion Post No. 17. He was an active volunteer for the Flinthills Breadbasket from 1993-2006 and his commitments as an adult leader for the Masonic youth organizations, DeMolay and Job’s Daughters, will forever be remembered. Other activities included coaching numerous sports. His daughters can throw a football or baseball as well as any boy.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Theresa Hessig McEllhiney; four children, Karen Paris, and her husband, David, Universal City, TX, Mona McGregor, and her husband, Dale, Omaha, NE, Ross W. McEllhiney, and his wife, Dede, Shawnee, KS and Loretta McEllhiney, and her husband, Antonio James, Leadville, CO; five grandchildren, Stephanie Doran, Robert and Melanie McGregor and Dedan and Elise McEllhiney; and a sister, Jane Stein, Soldotna, AK.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 8, 2006 in the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home, Manhattan. Cremation will follow with inurnment at a later date in the Fairview Cemetery, Francisco, IN.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Robert R. McEllhiney Scholarship Fund for the Dept. of Grain Science-KSU Foundation; Flinthills Breadbasket; or the Shriner’s Childrens Hospital and left in care of the funeral home. Online condolences can be sent to www.irvinparkview.com.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 until 8 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home.