BUSHTON — Don Redding, 87, passed away Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024 in Claflin, Kan. after a brief but brave battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born Sept. 6, 1936 in Madison, Kan. to Glen and Waneta Redding. He graduated from Bushton High School and then pursued a career at Northern Natural Gas. Upon leaving Northern Natural, he built and operated Redding Convenience Store in Bushton for many years. Don married the love of his life Connie Lathrop in 1957. They enjoyed building their life in Bushton with their four children. Don had many grandchildren and great grandchildren, each thinking they were his favorite. He enjoyed being an uncle to his nieces and nephews. Don was an avid hunter and fisherman, possessing many more pictures of his fish then of his children. Don’s legacy in life was his family and the impact he made in their lives being “present.”

Don is survived by his best friend and brother Dale Redding; his children, Randy of Bushton, Robin (Gary) of Claflin, Rusty (Leah) of Garden City, Kan., and Ronda (Tom) of Southlake, Texas; 12 grandchildren; and 22 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Connie; sisters, Connie Appel and Sue Meier; and infant great grandson Cameron. Don had long awaited the day he could be reunited with his wife and his loving labrador Roxie.

Services will be held Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, family will receive guests beginning at 10:30 a.m. with a celebration of life and luncheon immediately following all at the BCDI, 301 N. Main St., Bushton, KS 67427 with a private family burial at a later date.

Memorial contributions can be made to the BCDI, c/o, Parsons Funeral Home, PO Box 45, Ellsworth, KS 67439. Condolences can be left at parsonsfh.com. 

Funeral arrangements provided by

Parsons Funeral Home 

P.O. Box 45 

Ellsworth, KS 67439

Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Jan. 23, 2024