FORD – Velma "Cleo" Kingsley, 93, died Saturday, May 29, 2021 at The Shepherd Center, Cimarron, Kansas.

Cleo was born April 13, 1928 at Ford, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Mary (Dowling) Stout. She was a homemaker and a cook for Ft. Dodge, St. Mary's of the Plains, Hilltop House and New Chance.

Cleo enjoyed quilting, needlepoint, embroidery, sewing. She loved to bake desserts and canning with the apples she collected from her apple trees in her yard and cook her famous chili, chicken noodle soup and beef and noodles. Cleo always loved to take her grandkids out and spoil them.

On February 22, 1948 she married Earl Kingsley at Ford, Kansas. He preceded her in death on December 27, 2020.

Survivors include her daughter, Belinda Plowman and husband Greg, Wright, Kansas; 2 grandchildren, Gregory Plowman and wife Julietta, Ford, Kansas, and Casey Ames and husband Shane, Jeanerette, Louisiana, 2 great grandchildren Caden and Breanna Ames.

She was preceded in death by her Parents, 2 sons, David and Don Kingsley, brother, Marion Stout, 2 sisters, Leona Cambell and Melva Fudge and granddaughter Mandi Freeman.

Funeral service will be at 2:00 pm Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Minnis Mortuary, Bucklin. Burial will follow in the Ford Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be Tuesday June 1, 2021 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Minnis Mortuary, Bucklin.

The family suggests memorials to the Heaven Bound Cowboy Church in care of Minnis Mortuary, 1901 N. 14th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.