Long-time local vet, Dr. Warren, dead at 88

Long-time Winfield veterinarian Richard Warren died Friday at the Kansas Veterans Home. He was 88.

Dr. Warren provided veterinary services to Winfield and the surrounding area for 60 years – until retiring earlier this year because of failing health. He began practicing veterinary medicine here in 1951 as a partner of Dr. Thomas Allison.

Services are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church in Winfield. Burial will follow at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Swisher-Taylor & Morris Funeral Home. Family will greet from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Memorial has been established with First Presbyterian Church.

Richard Lee Warren was born Dec. 31, 1922 in Garnett and graduated from high school there in 1939. He attended the University of Kansas with the goal of becoming an engineer but WWII interrupted his education.

He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and become a second lieutenant in the 325th Fighter Squadron, European Theater. In February 1945, he was shot down and held as a prisoner of war until the end of the war.

He received two Bronze Stars for Rhineland and Northern Apennines and a European African Middle East Ribbon for his service.

In August 1945, he married Sarah Jean Scott of Garnett and lived there until he was accepted in the Kansas State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1947. He began his career as a vet four years later.

His wife, Jean, preceded him in death in February of this year.

Survivors are: his immediate family including his children; Linda Jackson and husband David , Fort Scott; Dr. Kip Warren and wife Andrea, Sarah Warren, Winfield. grandchildren, Edie Jackson and Kip Jackson, Kansas City , Quinn Warren, New York City, and Scott Warren, Denton, Texas. Brothers; Thomas Warren, Iola,Ks., James Warren, Galva,KS. He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Warren, formerly of Kincaid, Kan.