Gregory Scott Gribble Rodebaugh

Gregory Scott Gribble Rodebaugh, age 55, passed away peacefully, December 7, 2017, following a long history of TBI from 1982 auto accident and Cancer Illness from 2006. His final blessings were given in the surround of his mother, his uncle, his long-term companion, his medical team, and many friends he made while at the beautiful Kobacker House in Columbus, Ohio.

Gregory is survived by his parent, Dr. Helen Gribble Rodebaugh, Upper Arlington, Ohio, his uncles and aunts: Rev. Scott (Joan) Kleysteuber Davis, Westlake, CA.; Major Jim (Sheila) Kraus Davis, Colorado Spring, CO.; and Mary Ellen Davis, Garden City KS; John (Jennifer) Gribble & Arnice (Charles) Gribble Davis, Lakin KS.

Cousins and their children, Floyd and Bonnie James Loughrige, Mark and Kathy Loughrige, Larned, KS; Brett (Paula) Davis, Colorado Springs, CO, ; Monica (Jeff) Davis Bjork, Michael (Rachael) Davis, Marci (Scott) Davis Spruill, Thousand Oaks CA; James Davis, Deb Davis Horner, Skysha Davis Kraft, DaJon Davis Perez, Lakin, KS; Angela Gribble Stone, Garden City, KS; Leah Gribble Young, Jill Gribble Griffin, Wichita, KS; Lifelong family friends Teddy and Pam Hutchins Crist, Garden City, KS; John and Jean O’Rourke, Cushing, OK; Mick and Darlene Couch Gibson, Richard and Phyllis Lofland Umshiem, Wichita, KS; Joe and Sandra Kraus, Santa Fe, NM; Andrew and Jean Ann Ware Larson, Richard and Karen Larson Hinkle, El Dora Kleysteuber, Dean and Jeannie Kleysteuber, Dick and Jean Kleysteuber Strandmark, Garden City, KS; Close friends and mentees, Nick Peters, Scott Saeger, Jeff DeRoberts, Bob Holland, Duncan Holland, Chris McGovern, Pat Torrance, Stacy Shilliday, Kathy Graves, Upper Arlington, OH; Scott and Nancy Millar, Delaware, OH; Connie Butler, Upper Arlington, OH Tracy Lehr, Orange County, CA; Roy Wade, Mike Unruh, Garden City, KS; dearest friend and companion, Deborah Ward, Dublin, Ohio and friends, mentees and long-term associates, Seth Millar, Linfield, PA; Michael Smith, Huston, TX. Long term medical team lead by Dr. Inver Ozer, OSU; Ohio Health’s Neurological and Kobacker Hospice Teams.

Gregory was preceded in death by his only son, David Preston Rodebaugh, his father David Arnold Gribble; his adoptive father, Donald Rodebaugh, step mother Mary Morgan Gribble; beloved grandparents, Edward and Ellene James Davis, Arnold and Twila White Gribble, Cousin Tab Gribble, Garden City, Kansas. Friends from birth, Norbert and Rosalea Kraus, Leo Kleysteuber, Ted and Barbara Park Crist, George and Bernice Anderson, Harold and Irene Fansler, Garden City, KS; Calvin and June Hutchins, Toni Crist Patton, Scott City, KS.

Gregory was born at St. Catherine’s Hospital, March 5, 1962 and with parents and grandparents, he received the sacrament of baptism at the First United Methodist Church in Garden City, KS. His public pre-school and elementary education was through gifted programs within FHKSU, Hays and Hutchinson KS school districts. His private elementary educational and mentoring programs were provided through, First Methodist Christian School, Central Kansas Performing Arts, Marie Schools. His early arts and technical sciences exposure and guidance was with renowned professionals: Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist, Scott Davis, Westlake CA; Stone Sculptor, Pete Felton, Bronze, and Acrylic Sculptor, James Hinkhouse, and, Submarine Machinist, Jim O’Shant in Hays, KS. His secondary public schooling was provided within Hutchinson, Upper Arlington, and Ashdown public schools. He privately attended programs at Trinity and the Idaho Academy of the Rockies. Gregg’s college hours began at Garden City Community College. His interests later centered in Sculpture studies with master faculty, Professor L. Herndon, at Columbus College of Art and Design and others at Ohio State University. Gregg generated an anthology of original artworks known as the Tregelus Collection founded in the mid 80’s, expanding after the 1989 birth of his and Nancy Millar’s only son, David Preston Rodebaugh. Gregg’s Tregelus Collection was relative to his family arts lineage, dating back to his great, great, great grandparent’s arts and exhibitions originating out of Cornwall, England in the early 1800’s. His multimedia creations were known for whimsy, with historical consequence, often including antiquities in found objects reminiscent of Nevelson’s 1920-1988 works.

Gregg enjoyed his many family members and friendships formed throughout his travels and residences in his home states of Kansas and Ohio. He loved nature with wild life, spending treasured hours in the country with family and friends, his quarter horses, Aussie shepherds, and life’s beauty of sunrise and sunsets on the plains. He thoroughly enjoyed a wide range of art and music, whether performing, platforming or back staging concerts from blue grass to heavy metal. His enthusiasm, with a ‘signature smile’ was known to light a room, whenever and wherever he entered.

Parenting his only son, David Preston, from birth, was the delight and keystone of his life. Gregg and David formed a resilient team, participating in very special father-son communicating and presence. They engaged in formal and informal educational pursuits, caring for people, making meals together and creating and constructing art, while continually studying aesthetic, technical and mechanical accomplishments. Together they attended festivals and shows, exhibiting their works throughout the Midwest and east coast, while always finding a way to segment time for Frisbee at the park, fishing at the lake, sledding, skiing and snowboarding the slopes, but most of all, cooking in the kitchen, savoring long talks and sitting by the fire. Facilitating his son’s completion of his academics, his love for biking and snowboarding, and his cycling mechanic success was a natural. Highly rewarded for design engineering cycle customizations, event organization and platform productions, David was humble but pleased to share with his dad, his life as an athlete, bicyclist, holding regional and national titles, finding publication, not unlike his dad, whose works were also recognized, as a collaborator in Children’s’ Hospital’s therapeutic lobby art, featuring whimsey and hope, featured on the pages of the Architectural Digest.

Gregg conceived, developed and exhibited multi-media art through sculptures in wood, steel, stone, clay, bronze and cement castings. His mentoring developing artists at CCAD was highly regarded. He demonstrated an inclusive humanity, attentive and interested style of conscientious communication, always articulate, generously sharing his knowledge, technologies, and resources with others, not unlike his high value for ‘living on’ through organ donation’, when possible, as exemplified in 2015 life giving efforts to many, instituted by his son. Gregg and his son were genuinely respected and loved by many acquaintances, friends and families whom they deeply loved throughout their brief lives in Kansas, Oklahoma, Ohio, and New York.

Celebrations of Gregg’s life, and those of his son and father, was held in Upper Arlington, Ohio December 16, 2017 with final interment February 1, 2018 in Garden City, Kansas through the First Methodist Church, Sunset Memorial Gardens. Rev. Andrew Hoover, Rev. Joel Plisek, Rev. Scott E. Davis and Major James B. Davis will administer and officiate Gregg’s multiple services in Ohio and Kansas. Kansas visitation will be Friday, January 31, 5-8:00, Services Thursday, February 1, 2018 10:30 at the First United Methodist Church. SCHOEDINGER NORTHWEST CHAPEL, Upper Arlington, Ohio announce GARNAND FUNERAL HOME Services of Garden City, KS. Memorial contributions of choice may be made in Gregg’s name for Arts Development, Neurological R&D, Cancer Cure, Kobacker Hospice, and Christian/Jewish Education/Pastoral Care. Visit www.schoedinger.com or www.garnand.com to send condolences to the family.