July 5, 2022

Linn County News

Published July 6, 2022

Patrick Wayne Marmon, age 79, Paola, Kan., passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2022. He was born in La Cygne, Kan., on Aug. 26, 1942, the son of Harry and Mamie Wilderson  Marmon. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1961. 

He was united in marriage to Terry Tyrell in 1963. He was employed as a painter working locally before moving to Meeker, Colo., working for Rio Blanco County. He then moved to California and managed a duck hunting club. He was very involved in protecting and hatching duck eggs through the D10 Wild Duck Eggs Salvage. Patrick enjoyed hunting, fishing and trapping. 

He was preceded in death by his parents and eight brothers, Kenneth, Clayton, Harry Ed, Harold, Kermit, Jay, Bob and Mike. Patrick is survived by his wife, Terry Marmon; son, Shawn Marmon; and sixteen young men he fostered and raised; daughter, Sherri Collmer and her children, Chase and Trey Collmer; and numerous great-grandchildren.  

Graveside funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Oak Lawn Cemetery, La Cygne, Kan.  Contributions are suggested to Linn County Hunters Safety Program or Olathe Hospice, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, Kan. 66040. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.