April 9, 2025

Linn County News

Published April 16, 2025

Richard Lee Keaton, age 90, of Lane, Kan., passed away Saturday, April 5, 2025. He was born on Jan. 29, 1935, in Harrison, Ark., the son of Kenneth and Clara Richards Keaton. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Joyce Gilchrist on June 4, 1955. She preceded him in death on March 1, 2025. After retiring from the roofing business, he became a full time rancher. He had worked for the Florida Highway Patrol, was a pilot and member of the civil air patrol. He was Ambassador for God #1 and a member of the Assembly of God in Paola, Kan. 

Richard is survived by two sons, Steven Keaton and wife Kathryn, and Richard Keaton Jr. and wife Angie; two daughters, Susan Arbuckle and husband Daryl, and Anna Marie Woodhead; thirteen grandchildren; thirty-four great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be 12 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2025, at the Schneider Funeral Home, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in the Wait Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to service time at the La Cygne Chapel. Everyone is invited to the Wagon Wheel after the graveside for food and fellowship. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.