Donald Perkins

Donald Clair Perkins, 81, of Castle Rock, Colorado, died Thursday, August 22, 2019, at his home. He was born November 10, 1937, in Belleville, Kansas, to Raleigh Ray “Cy” and Katherine S. Perkins. Don grew up in Scott City, Kansas, where he and his friends often created their own toys. In 1959, Don graduated from Garden City Community College. It was there he met his wife Shirley Lennington and they were married June 5, 1959. Don was a high school mathematics teacher and taught five years in Goddard, Kansas and thirty-one years in Colby, Kansas. Don held a Bachelor’s Degree in Education as well as a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from Emporia State University and continued to take courses toward a doctorate degree over his teaching career. His hobbies included fishing, camping, traveling, reading and doing research on the computer. In August of 2009, Don and Shirley moved to Castle Rock where they enjoyed traveling and attending church and small group studies at Creekside Bible Church.

Don was preceded in death by his parents, Raleigh Ray “Cy” and Katherine S. Perkins; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Arthur and Ophelia Lennington; brothers-in-law, Arnold Lennington and Vernon Kitten and step father-in-law Lawrence Kitten.

He is survived by his wife Shirley, of Castle Rock; sons, Todd, of Manhattan, Kansas and Steve and wife Susan, of Parker, Colorado; grandsons, Shaun and Seth, of Parker, Colorado; sisters-in-law, Lois Kitten, of Yoder, Colorado and Rita (Larry) Ihrig, of Goodland, Kansas and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Funeral Service is 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 30, 2019, at Baalmann Mortuary, Colby, with burial in Beulah Cemetery, Colby. Memorials are suggested to the Berean Church, in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS 67701. For information or condolences visit www.baalmannmortuary.com