Kevin Eugene Root, Emporia
Kevin Eugene Root
Kevin Eugene Root, 520 State St., died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was 38.
Mr. Root worked for Steve Kolmer Concrete.
He was the son of Colletta Barrett-Green of 309 Homewood St.
The memorial service will be at a later date. Mr. Root was cremated.
Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo may be sent in care of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
The memorial service for Kevin Eugene Root, 520 State St., will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. The Rev. Darren Henson will conduct the service. Mr. Root was cremated. Inurnment will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mr. Root died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was 38.
He worked in concrete construction for 20 years.
The son of Larry Root and Colletta Jesseph, he was born June 30, 1969, in Newton. He married Amy Terwort in December 1992. They were divorced.
Mr. Root is survived by a daughter, Lauren Angela Root; his mother and stepfather, Rex and Colletta Barrett-Green of Emporia; his father and stepmother, Larry and Betty Root of Hutchinson; two sisters, Teresa Lehnherr and Lori Smith, both of Emporia; three brothers, Russell Frame and Clarence Root, both of Chanute, and Lee Root of Wichita; and three stepbrothers, Ron Barrett, Craig Green and Jeff Green, all of Emporia.
His stepfather, Duane Barrett; a stepbrother, James Barrett and his grandparents died earlier.