LAWRENCE — Longtime Hays resident and philanthropist Marianna Kistler Beach died at her home Saturday in Lawrence.

Beach and her husband, Ross, lived in Hays for more than 60 years before relocating to Lawrence in 2000. Ross Beach died in 2010.

Marianna Beach established the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art on the campus of Kansas State University and was a longtime advocate and volunteer leader of the Hays Arts Council.

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