{{short description|American politician (1942–2012)}}
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Bob Bethell |image = |caption = |state_house = Kansas |district = 113th |term_start = January 11, 1999 |term_end = May 20, 2012 |preceded = J. R. Wempe |succeeded = Lorene Bethell |birth_date = {{birth date|1942|11|5}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|20|1942|11|5}} |death_place = |party = Republican |education = John Brown University<br>University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |spouse = Lorene Bethell |children = }}
'''Bob Bethell''' (November 5, 1942 – May 20, 2012) was a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 113th district. He served from 1999 until his death on May 20, 2012.<ref>[http://24.123.107.252/blackbelt_kf/FMPro.php?-DB=House_Profiles_KS&-Lay=Contact&-format=Contact_House.html&Name=Bob%20Bethell,%20R-113th&-find]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Prior to his election to the House, Bethell served as mayor of the town of Alden, Kansas. He had also worked as a long term care administrator, pastor, high school vice principal, middle school principal, and college director of admissions.
He received his MEd in Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and a BS in Secondary Education from John Brown University.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/18570 |title= Biography: Representative Bob Bethell |publisher= Project Vote Smart |location= votesmart.org |accessdate= July 1, 2009}}</ref>
Bethell died May 20, 2012, after a one-car accident on Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, on his way home from the conclusion of the 2012 Kansas House of Representatives legislative session.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kansas.com/2012/05/21/2342714/state-rep-bob-bethell-dies-in.html |title= Kansas Rep. Bethell of Alden dies in car accident |author= John Milburn |date= May 21, 2012 |work= The Wichita Eagle |location= Wichita, Kansas |accessdate= May 21, 2012 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120523115245/http://www.kansas.com/2012/05/21/2342714/state-rep-bob-bethell-dies-in.html |archivedate= May 23, 2012 }}</ref> He was 69.
He was succeeded in the House of Representatives by his wife, Lorene Bethell.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.gbtribune.com/news/local-news/news2/lorene-bethell-honored-to-represent-113th-district/ |title= Lorene Bethell honored to represent 113th district |author= Jim Misunas |date= June 2, 2012 |work= Great Bend Tribune |location= Great Bend, Kansas |accessdate= December 9, 2019 }}</ref>
==Committee membership== * Commerce and Labor * Corrections and Juvenile Justice * Elections * Aging and Long Term Care (Chair) * Joint Committee on Health Policy Oversight * Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services Oversight (Vice-Chair)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090615132519/http://www.bobbethell.com/ Official Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090504161852/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do?rep=4349 Kansas Legislature - Bob Bethell] * [http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=18570 Project Vote Smart profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110819064143/http://kansasvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=15483 Kansas Votes profile] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090504083153/http://www.statesurge.com/members/1527-bob-bethell-kansas State Surge - Legislative and voting track record]}} * Campaign contributions: [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=31795 1998], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32100 2000], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=18060 2002], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=73997 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=90952 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=107903 2008], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=126807 2010]
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