Obituary of Rodney Lee Stapp

IN LOVING MEMORY OF RODNEY L. STAPP Rodney "Rod" Lee Stapp, was born on February 21, 1941, to Donald and Goldie (Kolsky) Stapp at the residence of his paternal grandparents northwest of Norcatur, Kansas. Rodney died on July 27, 2013, at the Norton County Hospital in Norton, Kansas, at the age of 72. Rod was one of the five members of the Norcatur High School graduating class of 1959. He served in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1962, during which time the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred. Rod was stationed in Germany for 2 years and was able to see much of the country which he enjoyed. Rod married Delores McCullock on December 28, 1965, in Clinton, Oklahoma. To this union two daughters were born. They made there home in Norcatur and Norton where Rod happily spent the last 38 years as a cattle buyer. He cherished his relationship with clients, competing bidders and auction personnel. Rod was a member of the United Methodist Church of Norcatur and the Kansas Livestock Association. In his spare time he enjoyed going to coffee, fishing, playing keno, watching sports and optimistically cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs. Survivors include: his wife, Delores Stapp, Norton; two daughters and their husbands, Janelle and Pat Morel, Norton, and LeAnn and Jim Hansen, Wichita, Kansas; four grandchildren, Kylie and husband, Monte Honas, Ellis, Kansas; Tanner Morel, Hays, Kansas; Amanda and husband, Quincy Hands, Nicholasville, Kentucky; and Joseph Hansen, Wichita; his mother, Goldie Stapp, Oberlin, Kansas; two brothers and their wives, Larry and Marcia Stapp, Holcomb, Kansas; and Garry and Barb Stapp, Ord, Nebraska; many nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends. Rod was preceded in death by his father, Donald Stapp. Memorials have been established to the Norton Theater Association and Hospice Services of Norton County.