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 </figure>Sheila Wanneene Dobbs Gebhards died Tuesday, February 24, 2020 under 
hospice care at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence, Kansas 
after a struggle with severe anemia and a failing heart.Sheila was born May 3, 1934 in Colby, Kansas, the daughter of F.H. 
and Elsie Carpenter Dobbs. Growing up in the Great Depression was not 
easy.&nbsp; Her dad did several things to support his family, including 
raising turkeys and sheep. Eventually the family left the farm near 
Colby and settled first in Wallace (where Sheila went to grade school) 
and then in Sharon Springs where her mom had a small restaurant, her dad
 did roofing and where F.H. (Fidelo Hubert) became Judge Dobbs, a 
position later occupied by Sheila’s brother – Logan.&nbsp;As the youngest by some 13 years from the oldest, Edith, Sheila was 
somewhat protected, especially since her next oldest sibling, Shirley 
was lost to an infection at an early age, after appendicitis.&nbsp; One thing
 Sheila enjoyed was the freedom she had when visiting her mother’s 
sister and her cousins in Salina. They were allowed to go to the park 
across from the house (by themselves!) and to ride the bus with their 
dad, the bus driver.&nbsp; Sheila got to do that too, when she was with them.On December 23, 1951, Sheila married James A. (Jim) Gebhards in 
Sharon Springs, KS.&nbsp; &nbsp;Together, they raised their sons Randy and Rex on 
the farm east of Weskan, KS.&nbsp;Sheila was a fiercely loving wife and mother, and “Mom” was her 
favorite title.&nbsp; She worked alongside her husband to build a home for 
Randy and Rex, taking on “outside the farm” jobs such as school 
bus-driver, wall-paperer and painter. She was a great cook and baker, 
often providing pies and other treats for high school concessions, 
skating parties of the frozen variety and hosting family dinners. She 
enjoyed oil painting on canvas and attending auctions and antique 
stores, opening her own store to sell the excess - the Prairie Peddler 
in Sharon Springs in the early 1980s.&nbsp; &nbsp;Sheila is survived by her daughter-in-law Lou Ann Gebhards, of 
Lawrence, KS; sister-in-law Irene Gittinger of Coffeyville, KS, 
sister-in-law Sheila Kay Gebhards of Walnut Creek, CA; and many loving 
nieces and nephews.&nbsp; Sheila was preceded in death by her husband Jim, 
and sons Randy and Rex; her parents, her sisters Shirley and Edith 
Dobbs; brother Logan Dobbs and his wife Bertha Dobbs.&nbsp;The family wishes to thank the caring and supportive nurses and staff
 at Pioneer Ridge Health and Elara Caring Hospice.&nbsp; Sheila was cremated 
as she wished.&nbsp;Click <a href="https://www.koonsrussellfuneralhome.com/obituary/Sheila-Gebhards">HERE</a> for service details.

Sheila W. (Dobbs) Gebhards