Bob Bethell (November 5, 1942 – May 20, 2012) was a Republican member of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

, representing the 113th district. He served from 1999 until his death on May 20, 2012. Prior to his election to the House, Bethell served as mayor of the town of

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. He had also worked as a long term care administrator, pastor, high school vice principal, middle school principal, and college director of admissions. He received his MEd in Administration from the

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Universit ...

and a BS in Secondary Education from

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. Bethell died May 20, 2012, after a one-car accident on Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, on his way home from the conclusion of the 2012 Kansas House of Representatives legislative session. He was 69. He was succeeded in the House of Representatives by his wife, Lorene Bethell.

Committee membership

* Commerce and Labor * Corrections and Juvenile Justice * Elections * Aging and Long Term Care (Chair) * Joint Committee on Health Policy Oversight * Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services Oversight (Vice-Chair)

References

External links

Official Website

Kansas Legislature - Bob Bethell

Project Vote Smart profile

Kansas Votes profile

State Surge - Legislative and voting track record
* Campaign contributions
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