Jack Dennis Spillman

Jack Dennis Spillman, 90, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Jack Dennis Spillman was born to Dewey Edward and Wilma Anna (Decker) Spillman on October 18, 1925, in rural Bayard, Kansas. In 1928 his family moved to southeast Anderson County, in 1942 they moved to rural Selma, Kansas. He attended Fairmount Grade School and Kincaid High School. His freshman year he rode his horse to school. Later in life he took classes at Allen County Community College, enjoying a trip to Colorado with the Biology Class he took. He always loved horses. He was a farmer all of his life, starting at the age of six cultivating corn. He had a dairy farm from 1945 to 1966, milking registered Jersey cows and raising registered Polled Herefords. He loved animals and always took good care of them. He married Pauline Marie Rawlings on January 2, 1945. She preceded him in death October 29, 1965. In September 1968, he married Beverly DeHaven, they later divorced. On December 16, 1975 he married Darline Henkle. He started attending Selma Methodist Church in 1943, serving as Sunday School Superintendent and teaching Sunday school classes for many years. He was involved with the youth group, taking them to Kansas City to see Bill Graham. He is survived by his wife Darline; a son, Dewey Isaac Spillman and his wife Kathy of Olive Branch, Mississippi, daughters, Beverly Ann and her husband Larry Reaves of Humboldt, Kansas, and Janet Sue and her husband Doug Scheibmeir of Piqua, Kansas; a stepson Rick Henkle and his wife Angeli, Garnett, Kansas, stepdaughters Kathy and her husband David Preston, Colony, Kansas, and Kristy and her husband David Adams, Emporia, Kansas; and a stepson Darren DeHaven, New York, 7 grandchildren, 21 step-grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, 35 step-great-grandchildren, 3 great great grandchildren, a brother Decker Spillman and his wife Sandra of Colony, Kansas, and a sister-in-law Letha Spillman of Blue Mound, Kansas, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother Dean Spillman. Visitation with the family will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Iola. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 14, 2016, at the Kincaid-Selma United Methodist Church in Kincaid, Kansas. Interment will be in the Kincaid Cemetery. Memorials to the Kincaid-Selma United Methodist Church may be left at the church or the funeral home. To leave a condolence online, go to www.iolafuneral.com .