Marvin Dale Jost

Dale Jost (born Marvin Dale Jost) was born to Marvin Gerhard Jost and Rosella Franz Jost on June 28, 1944 in Reedley, CA. Dale grew up in a loving home and accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior when he was a teenager.

Dale attended Hillsboro High School and later Tabor College in Hillsboro, KS. In college he played basketball, studied finance, and worked on wheat harvest crews in the summers. While at Tabor he met the love of his life Katheryn Shirley Dick from Mountain Lake, MN.

Upon graduating in 1966, Dale started his career in finance with the Kansas Department of Transportation. Later that year, Dale and Shirley were married on November 25 in Mountain Lake, MN. In 1974, they welcomed twin sons Travis and Bruce into the family.

Dale?s professional career with KDOT (his sole employer) spanned 42 years, 6 months, and 6 days. He valued stewarding government resources to better the roadways of the state of Kansas.

Dale and Shirley were longtime members of Cornerstone Community Church in Topeka, KS up until their relocation to Hesston, KS in 2014. While living in Hesston they enjoyed meeting new friends, reconnecting with seasoned friends and being closer to their children and grandchildren. In retirement, Dale enjoyed cooking, good coffee, discovering fine foods, organizing his records, leading the family book club, and attending any and all grandchildren activities.

In June of 2022, he traveled with Shirley to visit their son Travis in Burundi, Africa. Dale was thrilled to see Travis in his environment and while there received the joy of Christ through the Burundi people. After an accidental fall, he had a successful surgery but succumbed to complications during the recovery. He died on June 22, 2022.

A private burial service was conducted at French Creek Cemetery near Hillsboro, KS. A Celebration of Life service will be at Ridgepoint Church in Wichita, KS on August 13, 2022 at 10:30am. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts can be made to Tabor College, Multiply, or Mennonite Central Committee.

Dale is survived by his wife Shirley, sons Travis and Bruce (Kimberlee), granddaughters Ella and Talia, sisters Loretta Neufeld (Gaylen) and Cheryl McJunkin (Larry), sisters-in-law Colleen Jost, Marion Graumann, and Verla Dick, and many beloved nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents Marvin and Rosella Jost, by his brother Jim Jost, and his brothers-in-law Don Graumann and Robert Dick.