Patrick T. Lehman

Memorial Mass for Patrick “Pat” T. Lehman, 66, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2015, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. He passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at his home.
He was born November 4, 1948, in Goodland, KS, the son of James W. and Mary Guise Lehman. He grew up in Brewster, KS, where he graduated high school and went on to attend Fort Hays State.
He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and was stationed in Juneau, AK. After his discharge, he returned to the family farm in Brewster. He moved to Lawrence in 1990, where he and his wife established a lobbying and corporate communications firm. At the time of his death, he was executive director of the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts and lobbyist for the Kansas State Association of Fire Chiefs.
He was a longtime member of the Lawrence Breakfast Cosmopolitan Club and the American Legion Post #363, Colby, KS.
He married Robin Ann Waddell on January 8, 1972, in Juneau, AK. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Lindsay Landis and husband, Jeff, and Regan Lehman Pillar and husband, Aaron, both of Lawrence; grandson Spencer Landis; granddaughter Evan Landis; three brothers, William “Bill” Lehman and wife, Jane, Manassas, VA; Charles Lehman, Charlotte, NC; Robert Lehman, Brewster, KS; two nieces, Jennifer Lehman, Kelly Schappert; and three nephews, Jonathan Lehman and wife, Kimberly, Andy Lehman, and Chris Lehman.
The family will receive friends following the service at the Castle Tea Room, 1307 Massachusetts St., Lawrence.
Memorial contributions may be made in his name to the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts Endowment Fund or the Lawrence Humane Society and may be sent in care of the mortuary.
Online condolences may be sent to www.warrenmcelwain.com.
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