Richard William Voran

Richard “Rich” William Voran, 68, went to be with the Lord on Jan. 19, 2014, near Deadhorse, Alaska.

Richard was born Sept. 4, 1945, the son of Willie and Amanda Voran in Hesston, Kan.

He was married to Kathleen Marie Harris on June 9, 1968. Richard and Kathy came to Alaska and served the Lord with InterAct Ministries (formerly Arctic Missions) in 1973. He worked in maintenance at Arctic Bible Institute. Using his skills in computer programming, he also developed multiple finance management programs for various nonprofit organizations throughout the state.

Serving was his theme in life. He served on the church board and behind the scenes in many ways at Lazy Mountain Bible Church. He also served for a time as the Alaska field finance director for InterAct Ministries. After retiring from the mission, he continued to work for Cruz Construction as a heavy haul truck driver. He enjoyed investing time into his children and grandchildren, working on projects, building furniture and toys, landscape gardening and nature.

Richard is survived by his loving wife, Kathy Voran; children, Parrin and Sharon Voran of Fox, Alaska, Carlon and Brandey Voran of Port Alsworth, Alaska, and Theron Voran of Boulder, Colo.; and six grandchildren, Keanu, Dakota, Austina, Coleson, Malea and Alianna.

Richard was preceded in death by his parents and infant son, Shaylan.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made out to the “Richard Voran Memorial Fund” at Wells Fargo.

A memorial service will be at 7 p.m., Jan. 27 at Lazy Mountain Bible Church in Palmer.