Name: Cobb, Rolan Lee
Burial Date: 2012, 01/19
Age at Death: 74
Plot Location: 856 D
Notes: husband of Helen M (Johnson)Geist , divorced husband of Donna Ruth (Battin)

STERLING – Rolan Lee Cobb, 74, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. He was born in Oklahoma City, Jan. 18, 1937, the son of D. Monroe and Zona Susan Hufford Cobb. He was a graduate of Partridge High School, he had been attending Partridge Community Church, was a communications engineer and previous owner of KLOQ radio station.
On Dec. 31, 1977, he married Helen M. Geist in Sterling. She survives. Other survivors include: a daughter, Linda Cobb, Grants Pass, Oregon; a son-in-law, Arlen Nuest, Sterling; four stepsons, Kenneth (Mary) Geist, McPherson, Larry (Barbara) Geist, St. Cloud, Florida, Keith (Lorna) Geist, Bel Aire, and William Ray (Donna) Geist, Sterling; a brother, William (Sally), Wichita; three grandchildren, Brent (Tenille) Nuest, Dustin (Jennifer) Nuest, and Renee (Cale) Nelson; three great-grandchildren, Treten, Bristol and Cate; a nephew, Mike Cobb, and a niece, Rachel Cobb.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Cathy Nuest; his parents; his birth mother, Wanda McBride, and his first wife, Donna Ruth Battin.

Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at Partridge Community Church, with Pastor R. Samuel Askew officiating. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery. Friends may call 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, with family present 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Partridge Community Church or Fairview United Methodist Church, in care of the mortuary. Visit www.elliottmortuary.com to leave a condolence or remembrance for Rolan’s family.

Birth: Jan. 18, 1937 Oklahoma City Oklahoma County Oklahoma, USA Death: Jan. 15, 2012 Rice County Kansas, USA Some info and links provided by Phillip H. Pitzer # 46774530.STERLING – Rolan Lee Cobb, 74, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. He was born in Oklahoma City, Jan. 18, 1937, the son of D. Monroe and Zona Susan Hufford Cobb. He was a graduate of Partridge High School, he had been attending Partridge Community Church, was a communications engineer and previous owner of KLOQ radio station. On Dec. 31, 1977, he married Helen M. Geist in Sterling. She survives. Other survivors include: a daughter, Linda Cobb, Grants Pass, Oregon; a son-in-law, Arlen Nuest, Sterling; four stepsons, Kenneth (Mary) Geist, McPherson, Larry (Barbara) Geist, St. Cloud, Florida, Keith (Lorna) Geist, Bel Aire, and William Ray (Donna) Geist, Sterling; a brother, William (Sally), Wichita; three grandchildren, Brent (Tenille) Nuest, Dustin (Jennifer) Nuest, and Renee (Cale) Nelson; three great-grandchildren, Treten, Bristol and Cate; a nephew, Mike Cobb, and a niece, Rachel Cobb.He was preceded in death by a daughter, Cathy Nuest; his parents; his birth mother, Wanda McBride, and his first wife, Donna Ruth Battin.Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at Partridge Community Church, with Pastor R. Samuel Askew officiating. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery. Friends may call 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, with family present 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Partridge Community Church or Fairview United Methodist Church, in care of the mortuary. Visit www.elliottmortuary.com to leave a condolence or remembrance for Rolan’s family.Family links: Parents: David Monroe Cobb (1904 – 1986) Zona Susan Hufford Cobb (1909 – 2002)Children: Cathy Lee Cobb Nuest (1958 – 1997)**Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Created by: Dave Hall Record added: Jan 16, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 83583480