Marcia L. G. Shideler, 77, Shawnee, passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 after a valiant 20-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Marcia was born on May 21, 1946 in Wichita, Kansas to Robert and Grace Gadberry. She graduated from Wichita Southeast High School and then attended and graduated from Kansas State University where she met the love of her life, Bob Shideler. Bob and Marcia were married in 1969 and enjoyed 38 blissful years together until his unexpected passing in 2007.
After college, Bob and Marcia eventually settled in Wichita where she was very involved in the community and was one of the founding members of the Ronald McDonald house. They relocated to Lenexa in 1986 where Marcia began a 35-year career at Johnson County Community College. At JCCC, she established their volunteer program and developed the service learning program and thoroughly enjoyed her interactions with the students.
Bob and Marcia were blessed with a daughter, Barbara, and a son, Blake, and five grandchildren whom she adored and loved. She enjoyed reading, quilting, gardening, genealogy and attending the various sporting events of her grandchildren.
Marcia was a thoughtful and caring lady who was genuinely nice to everyone she met and lived her life with integrity, compassion, class, and respect for others. She was a wonderful and loving daughter, wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and friend. She will be greatly missed but we are eternally grateful for the time we had with her, especially our last trip with “Mutti” to Florida just five weeks before her passing.
Marcia was predeceased by her beloved husband Bob and her parents. She is survived by her daughter Barb (Bob) Burns; her son Blake (Amy) Shideler; her grandchildren Jack, Brian and Allie Burns, and Luke and Brynn Shideler; and her sister Dee Martz.
Services will be held at the Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road, Prairie Village, KS, on Monday, April 8 at 11:00 a.m. with a visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Safehome in Overland Park or the charity of your choice.