Donald Dwain Dobyns

Donald Dwain Dobyns, 75, Lenexa, Kansas, died October 28, 2009 at his home.

Don was born December 19, 1933 in Dodge City, Kansas and graduated from Dodge City High School in 1951. He worked at First National Bank in Dodge City and then graduated from Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri in 1965. Following graduation he traveled and worked for the Internal Revenue Service. In 1966 he received his M.S. degree in guidance and counseling from Ft. Hays State University and then worked for the state of Kansas as a vocational rehab counselor with the services for the blind and visually handicapped in Kansas City, Kansas and Chanute, Kansas. He then worked with the Social Security Administration in Kansas City, Missouri and retired in 1993. Don was a charter member of Legacy Christian Church in Overland Park, Kansas.

Don is preceded in death by his parents and his two brothers, James and Victor. He is survived by his sister-in-law, Loretta Fern Dobyns, Mt. Vernon, Missouri; niece, Connie Stephens and her husband Mike, Bartlett, Tennessee; nephew Jim Dobyns, Pekin, Illinois; and a niece Brenda Turk and her husband Fil.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Ozark Christian College, 1111 N. Main St., Joplin, Missouri 64801.

Funeral Service

Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm, Saturday, October 31, 2009 at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas.