Archive for Thursday, October 17, 2002

Archive for Thursday, October 17, 2002

Ryan D. Besser

1968-2002

October 17, 2002

Services for Ryan Dean Besser, 34, Eudora, were Saturday, Oct. 12, at Elm Grove Baptist Church in Bonner Springs. Burial was in Eudora City Cemetery.

Mr. Besser died Monday, Oct. 7, 2002, at his home.

He was born March 19, 1968, in Lawrence, the son of Richard and Anna (Edgerton) Besser. He graduated from Eudora High School.

Mr. Besser drove for Schwan's Fine Foods for several years. He also worked for Fred Stewart at the saw mill.

He married Barbara Henry. She survives of Colby.

Other survivors include two daughters, LeAnn Besser, Kansas City, Kan., and Natasha Besser, Colby; a son, Kevin Besser, Colby; a stepson, Nick Henry, Colby; his mother, Eudora; four brothers, Mark Besser and Jimmy Besser, both of Eudora, Gordon Besser, Oskaloosa and Randy Besser, Linwood; and two sisters, Ginger Ballard, Hackett, Ark., and Linda Roggenkamp, Baldwin.

The family suggests memorials to the Ryan Dean Besser Memorial Fund, sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

E-mail condolences may be sent to info@warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Besser.