Mr. Rothwell died of cancer Friday, November 28, 2003 at his home.
He was born October 13, 1947, in Lawrence, the son of Glenn and Fern Rothwell. He lived in Lawrence most of his life.
Mr. Rothwell graduated from Lawrence HIgh School in 1965. He worked as a truck driver and for Kansas University and Lawrence Memorial Hospital as a custodian.
He married Bonnie R. Specht on August 3, 1966. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Robert Jr. and Randy, and two daughters, Lisa and Nancy, all of Lawrence; two brothers, Richard, Fort Worth, Texas and Shawn, Lawrence, and six grandchildren.