They had his second daughter, Leah, in 1992. During Covid in 2020, when he was in his mid-70s, he hung up his chimney sweeps brush and retired.

John Stockley, known as Sooty, with his chimney sweep (Image: The Stockley family) John married his second wife, Gillian, in 1988, and they lived at James Street.

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An iconic statue that overlooked a portion of Interstate 135 between Moundridge and McPherson for decades took a fatal fall early Tuesday morning as violent storms rolled across Kansas.

A severe storm that moved through central Kansas Monday night has destroyed one of McPherson’s most recognizable roadside landmarks.

The giant chimney sweep statue on I-135 south of McPherson was no match for the storm’s wind gusts.

MCPHERSON, Kan. (KAKE) - After 25 years of standing tall over Highway 135, the beloved Chimney Sweep Statue in McPherson was laid low by Tuesday morning's severe weather.

Sunderland’s chimney-sweeping tradition, which had lasted for centuries, was facing a bleak future in the 1980s.

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