Topeka ? He was born Dec. 16, 1954, in Topeka, the son of Roger and Carol (Fricke) Sisco. He was baptized in Carbondale Congregational Church and grew up in Carbondale, where he attended Carbondale Grade School. He graduated in 1972 from Santa Fe Trail High School and attended Kansas State University and Washburn University.

Mr. Sisco was a district sales manager for National Standard Welding Products. He moved to Colorado in 1977 and returned to Kansas with his family in 1993. He lived in Lawrence from 1996 to 2000.

He married Dana Chandler in 1982 in Littleton, Colo. They later divorced.

Survivors include a daughter, Hailey Sisco, Topeka; a son, Dustin, Topeka; his mother, Carol Sisco Engler, Topeka; a sister, Cathy Boots, Coraopolis, Pa.; a brother, Timothy, Elk Grove, Calif.; and his grandmother, Violet Musick, Topeka.

Friends may call after 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The family suggests memorials to the Hailey and Dustin Sisco Education Fund, sent in care of State Bank of Carbondale, P.O. Box 250, Carbondale 66414.