LEAVENWORTH, Kansas - Richard Gene Weeks, 72, Leavenworth, Kan. died April 9, 2007, at KUU. Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Leavenworth. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association or a charity of choice.

Mr. Weeks was born March 5, 1935, to Albert Earl and Lydia Lichtenwald Weeks in Muscatine.

He was a graduate of Muscatine High School. Shortly after graduation, he entered the military service. He served in the Army in France, Germany and two tours of duty in Vietnam. He received the Meritorious Service Medal in 1975. He served in the Military Police, retiring after 20 plus years of service. Then he went to work for the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing as a supervisor. He retired from that position in 1993.

He spent many happy hours on his farm at Easton, Kan. When his health would not allow him to work with livestock, he retired to Leavenworth.

He married Lucette Cousin in Belton, Texas, on Jan. 25, 1965. They were married for 42 years.

While stationed in Ansbach, Germany, they adopted a daughter, Patricia.

Survivors include his wife, Lucette; three brothers, Earl of Kansas City, Mo., Anson of Muscatine and Gary Wayne of New Port Coast, Calif.; and two sisters, Doris Watson, Muscatine, and Geraldine Porter of Spokane, Wash.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, a sister and daughter.