Robert Shawn Ballou passed away on September 23, 2022, in Leavenworth. He was born Shawn Douglas Boatright in Kansas City, Kan., on January 5, 1977, and adopted into the family of Bob and Sue Ballou of Leavenworth in 1983. He has lived in Leavenworth his whole adult life. He is survived by his daughter, Breanna Ballou of Hanceville, Ala.; his father, Robert C. Ballou of Leavenworth; his sister, Denise Sisco and her husband, Jack Sisco, both of Leavenworth; his niece, Alyshia Hansard, her daughter, Aaliyah Cook, and her husband, Cory Hansard of Derby, Kan.; his nephew, Jeremy Sisco of Leavenworth; his nephew, Codi Sisco, active-duty Navy; cousins in Missouri; and friends in Leavenworth. No service is planned. His ashes have been laid to rest at Mt. Muncie Cemetery in Lansing.