July 15, 2022
Services announced for K-State University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Brian Spooner
Submitted by Division of Biology
Services for Brian Spooner, who died June 4, will be Saturday, July 30.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9 a.m. at Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan. Inurnment will follow in Sunrise Cemetery, Manhattan. A celebration of life will be held by Spooner's family later that day from 2-4 p.m. at Meadowlark Hills Event Center, 2121 Meadowlark Road, Manhattan.
Spooner recently retired from Kansas State University after 51 years, during which time he served as the director of the Division of Biology, as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and was named a university distinguished professor. See Spooner's obituary to learn more about his impressive life and distinguished career.