John Roland Dickinson, 76, Oskaloosa, KS (formerly of Leavenworth) died Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at Hickory Point Nursing Center, Oskaloosa, KS.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Quisenberry Funeral Home, 4^th & Delaware, Tonganoxie, KS.  Burial will be in Fall Creek Cemetery, Jarbalo, KS.  The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Quisenberry Chapel.

John was born December 27, 1931 in Kansas City, KS, the son of George and Alma (Loggans) Dickinson.  He was a US Navy veteran of the Korean War.  He was an elementary school Principal at Leavenworth Public Schools (1960-78) and Ft. Leavenworth Schools (1978-92).  He received his Bachelor of Science and Education Degree from the University of Kansas in 1959 and Master Degree of Education in 1962.  On August 16, 1953, he was united in marriage to Rita Ann Slawson in Tonganoxie, KS.

He is survived by his wife, Rita, of the home; three sons, John, Jeff and Jay, all of Leavenworth, KS; two daughters, Joyce Simmons, Seymour, MO and Julie Tribble, Ft. Worth, TX; two brothers, James, El Dorado Springs, MO and Rollie, Bolivar, MO; three sisters, Ella Mae Loomis, Irving, TX, Ruth (Sis) Butler, Stockton, MO and Lucille Cramer, Stockton, MO; 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Online condolences may be sent to: www.quisenberryfh.com