Ivan Monty Rexwinkle passed peacefully from this life to be with Jesus on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. He is resting in the arms of God.
Ivan was born on Nov. 29, 1936, to Irvin Monroe and Verdna Azila (Jones) Rexwinkle in rural Edna.
Ivan attended Community Bible Church in Chetopa. Ivan loved the Lord and his family. He had a love for all people. Wherever he went, Ivan was likely to strike up a conversation with a stranger and make a new friend.
Ivan graduated from Labette County Community High School. He was a rancher and cattle order buyer. If you travel in this area, you are likely to see some of the dozens of corrals, pipe fences and cattle working facilities that Ivan designed and built.
When Ivan retired from building pipe corrals, he merged his love of children and his love of ranching by making highly sought-after wooden toys with a ranch theme. Some examples of his work are hand-crafted horses, cattle, dogs, sheep, pigs, corrals, trucks, tractors, barns, hay feeders and more. He also built bird feeders.
Ivan is survived by Barbara Rexwinkle, his wife of 40 years; his children, Rick Rexwinkle, Phil Rexwinkle (Linda), Diane Bedwell (Jeff), Rick Rogers (Karen), Roudy Rogers (Cherry); 17 grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
In addition to his parents, Ivan was preceded in death by four sisters, Reva Jean Harden, Billie Jo Morgan, Virginia Colleen Hoppock and Karen Kay Pogue; two brothers, Cleo Irvin Rexwinkle and infant Baby Rexwinkle; two grandchildren, Jarod Bedwell and Justin Bedwell; and a daughter-in-law, D’Ann Rexwinkle.
The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at Community Bible Church in Chetopa. The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at Community Bible Church. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at Edna Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice or the Community Bible Church of Chetopa. These may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, KS, 67357.
Leave online condolences at www.forbeshoffman.com.
