Friend and colleague Dean Edson, 80, died peacefully on December 1, 2019. Dean was a longtime leader in the nonprofit aging services world, former CEO of United Methodist Homes, and the first full-time executive director of LeadingAge Kansas (then known as KAHA.) His memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 30, 2019 at Mount Hope Cemetery Funeral Chapel in Topeka. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral chapel. To leave a special message for his wife Betty and the rest of Dean’s family online click here.