Former Lyon County Area Transportation director Ken Barrows passed away at the age of 65.
Barrows died Thursday at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. A native of Sesquehanna, Pennsylvania, Barrows moved to Emporia in 2002 to join LCAT as director, a position he held until he retired from Lyon County government in 2015. Barrows also owned several small businesses, including Ken’s Sharpening.
Funeral services will be at 2 pm Friday at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, with military honors provided by the Ball-McColm American Legion Post 5 and Lowry-Funston Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1980. Visitation is at 6 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Cremation is planned. Burial plans have not been announced.
