Obituaries Announcements

Robert A. “Bob” Lewman
Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison
Cummings , KS

Robert A. “Bob” Lewman, 91, of Cummings, KS, died on Monday, January 15, 2018 at the Atchison Senior Village.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Thursday, January 18th, 2018 at the Cummings Christian Church with Rev. Jim Cormode officiating. Burial will follow at the Cummings Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Cummings Christian Church, Cummings Cemetery or Atchison Senior Village and may be sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences to the family may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com.

Bob was born on August 6, 1926 in Cummings, KS the son of Leonard E. and Grace M. (Hattan) Lewman. He attended Atchison County Community High School. Bob was a farmer and a dairy farmer in the Cummings Community, retiring in 1992. Bob was a member of the Cummings Christian Church, where he served as Deacon for over 55 years and on the church Board of Directors. He enjoyed farming, sports, watching the grandkids and great grandchildren play sports, country and gospel music, KU and KC Chiefs, playing cards, going to the casino, collecting decks of cards and especially his family. He served as past member of the Atchison County Dairy Board, on the Water District # 5 Board, the Cummings Cemetery Board, the ASC Board, St Nick’s School Board and the Atchison County Extension Board. He was also active in supporting the 4-H and the Atchison County Fair.

He was married to Edith M. Parrott on May 1, 1949 at Cummings Christian Church. She survives of the home. Additional survivors include two sons, Jerry D. (Ann) Lewman, Topeka, KS, and Donald D. (Kathleen) Lewman, Cummings, KS, two daughters, Linda D. (Keith) Kuykendall, Atchison, KS, and Cheryl D. (David) Jacobson, Nortonville, KS, two sisters, Patricia L. Porter, Atchison, KS and Helen Meader, Sabetha, KS, nine grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. His parents, and four brothers, James E., Ralph M, Winston L., and Roy Lewman and a sister, Mary Jane Harmon preceded him in death.