Coby was born in a farmhouse near Garden City, MO on July 21st, 1930, to Daniel Ora and Eldora Schrock. He was the ninth of ten children. He attended Marshall School, a one-room country elementary school, and graduated from Garden City High School in 1948. During his childhood, he could often be found in the woods hunting for raccoons and squirrels. He also played basketball on the Garden City high school boys’ team. Musically talented, he learned at a very early age to sing parts and sang bass in a quartet in the 1st grade! Beginning as a young boy with a Roy Rogers guitar, he played the guitar and sang his entire life, even singing until close to the end of his life.
He served his country in the United States Air Force during the Korean conflict, primarily at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, AK.
He met his future wife, Doris, in 1953. Following a wonderful courtship, they were married on May 23rd, 1954, at the Creighton Christian Church. Throughout their marriage, Coby was primarily a dairy farmer. Additionally, he was a co-owner of a John Deere dealership in Harrisonville, worked as an insurance salesman, and farmed organically, selling organic fertilizer for years. Coby was the first inductee into the Missouri State Organics Hall of Fame.
He always raised a big garden and enjoyed providing for his family by working in the soil. He took time away from the farm to take his family on many vacations throughout the U.S. (including Alaska) believing that time with family was of utmost importance. Growing up in a musical family, he transferred that love of music to his own family, playing the guitar and singing from an early age. With the roots of Barbershop quartet performance, Coby and his family began singing together performing locally. His love for music has been passed on to the next generations. He enjoyed supporting his family members in all their endeavors.
The D.O. Schrock family was known in the Garden City community for making sorghum, and Coby continued the tradition using his dad’s sorghum mill on the family farm with his own family, inviting local schools to sorghum-making days. Upon selling the dairy in late 1994, he embarked on a new journey of making sorghum at Silver Dollar City which continues to this day. He loved sorghum on almost everything, including cottage cheese!
Coby trusted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior at a young age. Throughout his adult life, Coby was a devoted member and elder of the First Christian Church in Garden City as well as a Gideon. Coby was a man of his word and never strayed from Jesus Christ, his devotion to his bride, his duty to raise his children in the admonition of the Lord, and to love his neighbor as himself. His kindness and selfless love for others made a huge impact on countless people throughout his life including multiple caregivers even in his final hours. 2 Timothy 4:7-8a embodies who Coby was on this earth: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day…”
Visitation will be held 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri.
Funeral service will be held 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 2025 at Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri with interment at Clearfork Cemetery, Garden City, Missouri.
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