IN MEMORIAM

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Jim Wyatt

Funeral services for John James “Jim” Wyatt, 89, who passed away Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, at his Marion County Lake home, will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 8, 2025, at Centre High School, Lost Springs.

Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. at the school. Burial services will follow at Highland Cemetery, Marion.

Jim was born June 5, 1935, in Topeka and was preceded in death by his parents, Estel and Elsie (Shetron) Wyatt, and an older infant brother.

He grew up on a farm near Silver Lake in Shawnee County and graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1953.

He attended and graduated in 1958 from Washburn University in Topeka.

In the fall of 1959, he accepted a social science and physical education teaching position at Centre High School and later served as guidance counselor. He remained in the district, teaching, counseling, and coaching, until he retired in May, 1990.

During those years he also had a small farming operation at Lost Springs.

In 1964, he received his master’s degree from the University of Kansas with a major in guidance and counseling.

He was accepted into and attended a government-sponsored summer guidance and counseling institute at Oklahoma State University in 1966 and a similar history institute at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, in 1968.

In 1960, he and Elaine Bevan of Lost Springs were married. They divorced in 1990.

Survivors are sons Greg Wyatt (and wife Cindy) of Marion, Stan Wyatt (and wife Patty) of Fruita, Colorado, and Kirk Wyatt (and wife Jennifer) of Gypsum; grandsons Jordan, James, and J.J.; granddaughters Grace and Abby; step-grandsons Tyler, Nick, Zach, Quentin, and Philip; and step-granddaughters Relene, Ashley, Courtney, and Katherine.

In addition, he had five great-grandchildren with a sixth on the way and three step-great-grandchildren.

Memorials in lieu of flowers can be made to Centre School.