Daniel Oscar Carr, Jr., 91, died on October 13, 2025. He was born May 1, 1934, to Daniel Oscar Carr, Sr., and Florence (Burris) Carr at Kansas City, Kansas. He graduated from Argentine High School in Kansas City, Kansas, and he received degrees from the University of Kansas City (now University of Missouri­Kansas City) (BS) and Iowa State University (PhD). His career was in healthcare education (biochemistry and molecular biology) at the University of Kansas Medical Center for 40 years.

He married Caryle Jean Bender on July 20, 1968, and they resided in Overland Park, Kansas, for 38 years before “retiring to the farm” in Leavenworth County, Kansas in 2001. He moved to Prairie Village, Kansas in 2023. While in Overland Park, he was active in various civic organizations and several historical societies. Additionally, he participated in Overland Park neighborhood preservation efforts, was a member of the City’s planning commission and served as Overland Park City Councilman representing Ward 1 from 1991­-1995. After moving to Leavenworth County, he continued his support of several museums and historical societies in Leavenworth, Kansas and Tonganoxie, Kansas.

Left to cherish the lovely memories he left behind are his sisters-­in-­law Ona (Bender) Wright and Pat (Bender) Teach, and a host of beloved nieces and nephews. Dan was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, two sisters and a brother.

Private services will be held later. Memorials are encouraged in Dan’s name to historical societies in Leavenworth and Tonganoxie or St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School, Leavenworth.