“Everything he did was bold and big...I think the ultramarathon is a metaphor for his life.”
, and presented a finisher’s award to his wife, Ashley, who is also a runner but wasn’t there that day: She was waiting to hear about the race at home with their three children: Charlotte, 6, Peter, 4, and Claire, 2.
Reeling from the shock, friends and family immediately jumped into action to help Ashley by setting up a GoFundMe called “” to pay for funeral costs and additional expenses during the next year. As of Friday morning, more than 830 donors had given $77,344 toward the $100,000 goal. A celebration of life will be held today at 1 p.m. at Christ Church in Wichita, Kansas. The family has asked for charitable donations to be made to the Stanley Children’s Fund at the Kansas Leadership Center, where he worked in Wichita.Stanley, of Wichita, worked as the director of business initiatives at the Center, where he developed and launched several leadership programs, wrote leadership workbooks, and taught leadership workshops around the state.
“Thomas spent his entire professional career with us, and I wish it had gone for 30 more years,” said president and CEO Ed O’Malley, who also noted that center isThomas Stanley presenting at a workshop at the Kansas Leadership Center Tour of Kansas in June.Stanley had a booming guffaw that he reserved for the best jokes, even if they only made sense to himself, said Kevin Burkey, who became friends with Stanley in high school and was the best man at his wedding.
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