Dorene L. Shuler

Dorene L. (Pollnow) Shuler, 92, passed away on December 24th, 2025 in Overland Park, Ks. She was born on August 2, 1933 to Myron and Pearl (Pearson) Pollnow, in Oberlin, Kansas. Dorene was the oldest of 4 daughters. Her younger siblings are/were: Melvalyn (Mev) Guinn, Oberlin, Karen Hanke, McCook, NE, and Connie Grochowski, Redding, CA
Dorene graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1952. After high school, she married her high school sweetheart, Everett Shuler. Together they lived in Prairie Dog Township of Decatur County until moving into Oberlin in the early 2000s. Together they raised 3 children: Evan, (Corpus Christi, TX); Linda, (Overland Park, KS); and Alan, (Blue Springs, MO)
Dorene was a quintessential farm wife and homemaker. She enjoyed gardening and tending the vegetable garden, utilizing every product in her meals and baking. She took joy in baking and cooking using the produce grown from the garden and even the fields, (on occasion, even grinding wheat and corn to make flour) Harvest time is when she shined the brightest, with virtual feasts brought to the fields to nourish the crew.
Dorene was preceded in death by her parents Myron and Pearl, husband Everett; sisters Karen and Melvalyn; and brothers-in-law, Vernon (Bud) Hanke and Gary Guinn.
Dorene is survived by her sister: Connie Grochowshi (husband Jerry); sister-in-law: Ellen Kay Moore (Clay Center); children: Evan and wife Regina, Linda, Alan and wife Lesley; six grandchildren: Jennifer Dean (husband John) and Courtney Shuler (husband Chris Perkins), Micheal White, Brandon Fuentes, Genna Bickford (husband Austen), and Blair Shuler (Fiancé Jared Holmes); eight great grandchildren: John, Jacob, Katy, Carly (Jennifer), Jack, Eleanor (Genna), Harrison and Charlotte (Blair); one great great grandchild: Jodie (Jacob & Allison).
Memorial Services will be held on January 31, 2026, at Plumer-Gobber Funeral Home, Oberlin, KS at 10:30AM, with family receiving guests from 9:00AM-10:30AM. Cremated remains will be inurned at the Oberlin Cemetery. Condolences can be left at www.plumergobber.com.