KS State Order · Half-Staff
Flags at Half-Staff for Dan Goddard
November 2, 2026 – November 7, 2026
Dan Goddard, a Republican from Parsons, served in the Kansas Senate from 2017 to 2021. He was elected to the Kansas House in 2022 and served there from 2023. Before public office he spent 24 years as a U.S. Air Force pilot, and he then worked for about 20 years on economic development at closed military bases. He died on October 29, 2026, at age 78. The Governor of Kansas ordered flags lowered in his honor.
Flag protocol
Flags are to be flown at half-staff on Monday, November 2, 2026, from sunrise to sunset and remain at half-staff until interment.