John L. Rodabaugh, age 74, a former resident of Pittsburg, Kansas andmore recently of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January6, 2022, atthe Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Hewas born February 17, 1947, in Pittsburg, the son of Roy Rodabaugh and Anna Mae Westerlin Rodabaugh.
John graduated from the Pittsburg High School and then servedwith the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He hadworked forthe Union Pacific Railroad as a track foreman forthirty years.John married Hope Hall Gage on July 6, 1996, at Ft. Scott. He was a member of the Marvin Armstrong Masonic Lodge #187 of Pittsburg, the Scottish Rite and the Mirza Shrine.John enjoyed coon hunting, fishing and raising fighting roosters. He attended the OpenDoor Church in Pittsburg.
Survivors include his wife, Hope, of the home; a daughter, Johanna Strum(Joshua) of Walnut,
Kansas; two step-sons, Troy Gage (Barbara) of Columbus, Kansas and JasonGage (Melissa) of Louisburg, Kansas and ten grandchildren, Tommy, Pixie, Brayden, Danielle, Johnathan, Bryce, Devin, Brock, Danny and Deacon.John was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Roberta Hurlbert and a step-son, TomGage II.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 12th at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial with military honors will followin the Centerville Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 P.M. Tuesday at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to the Shrine Transportation Fund and may be leftin care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
