Brian Patrick O'Connor

Brian Patrick O'Connor

April 25, 1959 - May 14, 2013

NORTON, Kansas -- Brian Patrick O'Connor, 54, died Tuesday (May 14, 2013), at his residence in Norton, Kansas.

He was born April 25, 1959, in Denver, Colorado, to Timothy Daniel and Carolyn Crane O'Connor.

His family resided in Denver; Bend, Oregon; and Rockaway, Oregon, while he was growing up. He graduated in 1977 from Neah-Kah-Nie High School in Rockaway. He attended Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon, for a year.

He married Pamela Thomas on July 19, 1980, in Rockaway, Oregon. They later divorced.

He worked in retail sales and management and in casino management for several years. He lived in Oregon before moving to Kansas in 2012. He worked at Jamboree Foods, in Norton, Kansas. He was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Norton.

Survivors include his three children, Christopher O'Connor of Portland, Oregon, Kelsey (Jon) Lang and Dalton O'Connor, both of Eugene, Oregon; mother and stepfather, Carolyn and Jim Hitchman of Waldport, Oregon; three siblings, Daniel O'Connor of Leavenworth, Washington, Megan O'Connor (Frederic) Wetter of Norton and Caryn (Gaylon DeGeer) O'Connor of Corvallis, Oregon and other family members.

He is preceded in death by his sister-in-law, Sandy Beardsley and his father, Timothy O'Connor.

Mass of Christian Burial is Saturday, May 25, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Norton with Rev. Vincent Thu Laing officiating.

Rosary and vigil service is Friday, May 24, 2013, at 7 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.

Memorials may be given to Valley Hope Association (www.valleyhope.org) at P.O. Box 59, Norton, KS 67654.

Condolences may be left at www.paulsfh.com

Pauls Funeral Home Oberlin and Selden, Kansas, is in charge of arrangements.