Joshua Dean Olds

Joshua Dean Olds obituary, Smith Center, KS

Joshua Dean Olds

Joshua Olds Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Rentschler Family Mortuaries -Simmons-Rentschler Mortuary - Smith Center on Jan. 20, 2025.

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Joshua Dean Olds, 43, died Thursday January 16th, 2025, in Smith Center Kansas. Josh was born in Garden City Kansas on September 2nd, 1981, to Darren and Joyce Olds. Josh learned to fish and hunt at a young age and carried those passions throughout life. He found a love for cooking in early adulthood and could be found in commercial kitchens at various points in life.
Josh is survived by his parents, sisters Jennifer Olds and Michelle McElwee, brother Nicholas Olds, children MaryJane Chappell, Jayden Casper, Nicholas, and Cheyenne Wolfe, two grandsons, 3 nephews, 3 nieces and several aunts uncles and cousins.
Josh is proceeded by in death by his grandparents (paternal) Robert Olds and Margaret "Peggy" Olds, (maternal) Lorraine Wagoner and Marvin Dean Carter, uncle Emory Ray Olds, Aunt Amanda Olds and nephew Timothy Butler.
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