Brent Lewis Trueblood

Brent Lewis Trueblood, 55, passed away the morning of Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at the Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born August 22, 1964 in Emporia, Kansas; the son of Bill Trueblood and Shirley Betts. Brent attended Osage City High School and graduated with the class of 1982. After High School he would begin his lifelong career in the agricultural world with John Deere schooling. He began working for John Deere in 1987 in Hillsboro, Ohio for Five Points Inc..  He then transferred to the Georgetown, Ohio location, Cahall Bros. Inc.. In 2008 Brent decided to make the move from Ohio, back to Kansas where he would continue his work with Prairie Land Partners in Emporia Kansas. After 30 years of being employed with John Deere; In the Fall of 2019 Brent took all of his experience to start his dream of working out of his own shop in Barclay, Kansas. Brent shared his love of farming with everyone that he came into contact with and was highly respected by all of those he worked with. He enjoyed a lifelong love of keeping farmers going in the fields, cheering on the Ohio State Buckeyes and Kansas City Chiefs, all things John Deere and most of all family time. He will live on in the hearts of his mother, Shirley Betts and step father, Roger Betts, wonderful and caring fiancé, Dawn Andersh, his two loving sons, Austin Trueblood with fiancé Ashley and Blake Trueblood, his brother, William “Scott” Trueblood, his sister, Crystal Sixbury and her husband Dan. A celebration of his life will be held at 1:00 P.M., Sunday March 1, 2020 at the Reading Community Center. Memorial Contributions may be made to KC Research for Cancer in Wichita. Condolences may be expressed at vanarsdalefs.com