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Bob Sheeley
Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison
Atchison, KS

 Bobby (Bob) Dean Sheeley, 80, of rural Nortonville, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at his 

 
home.
 
Mr. Sheeley was cremated and a Memorial Service will be held 3:00 pm, Saturday, February 6, 2016          
 
at the Becker Dyer Stanton Funeral Home. Private burial will follow at a later date at the Round Mound 
 
Cemetery, Cummings, KS.  Family will receive friends from 1:30 pm, Saturday, until time of services at 
 
the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the New Covenant United 
 
Methodist Church, Parkinson’s Foundation, or Northeast Kansas Hospice.   Words of comfort and 
 
remembrance may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com. 
 
Bob was born on August 4, 1935 in Horton, KS, the son of Loren and Nola (Koll) Sheeley.  He attended 
 
schools in Everest, KS and graduated in 1953 from Atchison County Community High School in 
 
Effingham.  Bob raised cattle and hogs and was a lifelong dairy farmer.  He belonged to the Farm 
 
Bureau, Holstein Association, Dairy Farmers of America, and the New Covenant United Methodist 
 
Church in Nortonville.  Bob enjoyed talking with people, gardening, coon hunting and traveling.   He also 
 
participated as a mentor in the ‘You Have A Friend’ Mentoring Program in Atchison.  
 
Bob and Grace Newman were married on August 5, 1956 at the Cummings United Methodist Church.    
 
Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Grace; son, Collin Sheeley, Nortonville; two daughters, Rachel 
 
Sheeley, Bonner Springs, KS, and Candace Sheeley, Effingham, KS; brother, Francis ‘Butch’ Sheeley, 
 
Nortonville.
 
Bob was preceded in death by his parents and 4 infant brothers.