Josephine R. Gearheart, age 88, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2022. Josephine was born August 6, 1933 in rural Kingman County, Kansas, the daughter of the late Joseph Marion and Ethel Olive (Chesterman) Taylor.
She was 1950 a graduate of Norwich High School.
On October 12, 1952 she married Max Vernon Gearheart at University Friends Church, Wichita.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Max; brother, Chester Allen Taylor; sisters, Frances Rogina Bowen, Margaret Olive Ireland, Martha Jane Davidson, and Eula Mae Baumgartner.
Survivors include: children, Charles Todd and wife, Pamela Jean Gearheart, Jill Ann and husband, Mark Allen Brown; grandchildren, Sarah Kate and husband, Rick Wessley, Amelia Erin Brown, Isaac Hanks Brown; great grandchildren, Joshua Wessley, Faith Wessley, and Jeremiah Wessley; brother, Buddy Amos and wife, Karen Taylor.
Visitation will start at 11:00 a.m. until service time at Resthaven Mortuary; Graveside Service will be at 1:00 p.m., both Saturday, July 2, at Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Garden of Gospels.
In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established with University Friends Church.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.ResthavenMortuary-Cemetery.com for the Gearheart family.
