Obituaries
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PITTSBURG — John R. Sheets 68, of Pittsburg, KS died 12:30 a.m.
Friday May 15, 2009 at his home following a long illness.
John was born April 24, 1941 in Nevada, Missouri to William and Minnie
(Cooper) Sheets. He lived in the Southeast Kansas and Southwest
Missouri area most all his life. He attended area schools in Pittsburg, KS.
On February 14, 1959 he married Nancy Phillips in Pittsburg, KS; she
survives at the home. John was a Production Superintendent for
Missouri American Water Works for 30 years before retiring in 1996.
John was a member of the Trinity Southern Baptist Church and was of
the Christian Faith. He held positions on the City Council and the Good
Neighbors Day Committee in Carterville, Missouri. In his free time he
enjoyed Harley Davidson Motorcycles, hunting and fishing, casinos and
most of all his children, grandchildren and family.
Survivors include his wife “Edge”, daughters Joann Bauer “Bo” of
Oronogo, Missouri, Johna Danner “Fats” and husband Marty of Joplin,
Missouri, Jeanna Southard “Toe” and husband Chad of Atlanta, Georgia;
mother Minnie Cooper “Turtle”; sister Nancy Mussat “Blubber” and
husband Bob of Charleston, South Carolina; grandchildren Tiffany Smith,
Tara Addington and husband Jared, Travis Bauer and wife Chandra,
Christina Southard, Vanessa Southard, Dakota Bauer and Keysha
Danner; great-grandchildren McKayla Smith, Cameron Addington, Cayle
Addington and Kaliegh Bauer; and his loving dog Nikki.
He was preceded in death by his daughter Joleen B. Sheets, father
William Sheets, stepfather Lester Cooper, and his grandparents.
Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. Monday May 18, 2009 at the Friskel
Funeral Home in Frontenac, KS with Rev. James Fryer officiating. Burial
will follow at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Pittsburg, Kansas.
Family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. Sunday May 17, 2009 at the
Friskel Funeral Home in Frontenac, KS. Friends may call after 2 p.m. on
Sunday. In lieu of flowers the family ask expressions of sympathy be in
the form of memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association. Friends may drop
off or mail memorials to Friskel Funeral Home 230 E. McKay Frontenac,
KS 66763. E-mail condolences may be left at www.frisklefuneralhome.
com. Arrangements and services are under the direction of Friskel
Funeral Home of Frontenac, KS.
Friday May 15, 2009 at his home following a long illness.
John was born April 24, 1941 in Nevada, Missouri to William and Minnie
(Cooper) Sheets. He lived in the Southeast Kansas and Southwest
Missouri area most all his life. He attended area schools in Pittsburg, KS.
On February 14, 1959 he married Nancy Phillips in Pittsburg, KS; she
survives at the home. John was a Production Superintendent for
Missouri American Water Works for 30 years before retiring in 1996.
John was a member of the Trinity Southern Baptist Church and was of
the Christian Faith. He held positions on the City Council and the Good
Neighbors Day Committee in Carterville, Missouri. In his free time he
enjoyed Harley Davidson Motorcycles, hunting and fishing, casinos and
most of all his children, grandchildren and family.
Survivors include his wife “Edge”, daughters Joann Bauer “Bo” of
Oronogo, Missouri, Johna Danner “Fats” and husband Marty of Joplin,
Missouri, Jeanna Southard “Toe” and husband Chad of Atlanta, Georgia;
mother Minnie Cooper “Turtle”; sister Nancy Mussat “Blubber” and
husband Bob of Charleston, South Carolina; grandchildren Tiffany Smith,
Tara Addington and husband Jared, Travis Bauer and wife Chandra,
Christina Southard, Vanessa Southard, Dakota Bauer and Keysha
Danner; great-grandchildren McKayla Smith, Cameron Addington, Cayle
Addington and Kaliegh Bauer; and his loving dog Nikki.
He was preceded in death by his daughter Joleen B. Sheets, father
William Sheets, stepfather Lester Cooper, and his grandparents.
Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. Monday May 18, 2009 at the Friskel
Funeral Home in Frontenac, KS with Rev. James Fryer officiating. Burial
will follow at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Pittsburg, Kansas.
Family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. Sunday May 17, 2009 at the
Friskel Funeral Home in Frontenac, KS. Friends may call after 2 p.m. on
Sunday. In lieu of flowers the family ask expressions of sympathy be in
the form of memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association. Friends may drop
off or mail memorials to Friskel Funeral Home 230 E. McKay Frontenac,
KS 66763. E-mail condolences may be left at www.frisklefuneralhome.
com. Arrangements and services are under the direction of Friskel
Funeral Home of Frontenac, KS.
