Carroll Kent Kenyon

Carroll Kent Kenyon, 77, died Thursday, January 14, 2021 at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 16, 1943 in Hill City, Kansas to Wilbur and Margaret (Flicker) Kenyon. He grew up in Bogue where his family farmed and raised milk cows. He attended Bogue High School where he was a great basketball player and track star (anyway, that is what he told his grandkids). He graduated in 1961 and attended Fort Hays State the following Fall. He enjoyed the college experience so much he was asked to leave after one year. However, he remained close friends with many of his wild and crazy guys. Carroll and Deanna Chipman were united in marriage, August 26, 1962. They moved to Salina and he attended Brown Mackie Business College. In the summer of 1963, they returned to the farm to help his dad. He became a school bus driver for several years. His bus kids told him that is how they learned to speed! His passengers really enjoyed Carroll, as he always had a joke for them. He also worked in the oil fields and was the Bogue Branch Manager of the Penokee Co-Op for many years. He was one of those people who never met a stranger. Everywhere Carroll went, he made new friends. One hour of visiting and they were his friends for life. His love for his family, friends, and his furry brothers: Harry, Hank and Augie, was definitely apparent to all who knew him. He always said that Harry was more well known than he was! He enjoyed snow skiing, and lake time with Errol and Cindy Conn. Both the Conn and Kenyon kids thought they were siblings and they had two sets of parents. After all, who else would take all eight children on trips together? Travelling was a pastime he really loved. One of his favorite destinations was Hawaii and of course, he and Deanna couldn’t forget Jamaica where they met so many wonderful and lasting friends. But giving him the most pleasure in life was just being on his farm with his sons and grandchildren and the many friends who stopped by just to visit. He was preceded in death by his parents: Wilbur and Margaret Kenyon. Survivors include his wife Deanna of 58 years; brother, Wayne (Shirley) Kenyon of Arlington, Texas; sister, Sharon (Blaine) Hardman of Manhattan; sons: Todd A. (Shannon) Kenyon of Bogue, Craig R. (Robin) Kenyon of Hutchinson, Bill (Amy) Kenyon of Bogue; daughters: Tami (Don) Anderson of Hill City, Jodi (Andy) Vieyra of Papillion, Nebraska, Cynthia (Chris) Paxton of Bogue, and Cheyenne Kenyon of Colorado; grandchildren: Kellie (Jeremy) Belleau, Krystal Maley and fiancé Eric Phelps, Vanessa (Lance) Underhill, Dylan (Micala) Anderson, David (Mari) Seeger, Molly (Josh) Kruger, Meghan (Michael) Allard, Courtney Gumtau (Nate Young), Faith Kenyon, Zack (Alisa) Gumtau, Brooke and Colby Kenyon, Joel and Jacob Kenyon, Mia and Mari Paxton, Allie and Braydon; great grandchildren: Emma and Grace Belleau, Bella, Briggs and Beau Born, Cooper, Bentley, and Cruz Underhill, Sabastian Anderson, Emma, Sofia and Jack Seeger, Alice Kruger, Conner and Owen Allard, James (Nova) Gumtau, Jessy Young, Ben and Elizabeth Roy, Grace and Raelyn Lynch; many other relatives and friends.