Jesse Wellman 1973-2021
Jesse Alan Wellman, 47, Holton, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at Holton Community Hospital.
He was born Dec. 1, 1973, in Lyons, the son of Bradley Nelson and Nancy S. Steen Wellman. He graduated from Sterling High School in 1992 and later graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor of science degree in 1998.
Mr. Wellman worked in ammonia refrigeration at Tyson Foods in Kansas City.
He married Karen S. Wacker on Sept. 5, 1998, in Vesper. She survives.
Other survivors include his mother, Nancy Heter and husband Robert, Sterling; his father, Bradley N. Wellman, Alden; a son, Lee William Wellman, and two daughters, Abigail Renee Wellman and Julie Kay Wellman, all of the home; and two brothers, John Wellman and wife Carrie, Alden, and Michael Wellman and wife Susan, Hutchinson.
Private family services will be held at a later date. A book will be available to sign at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wellman Children’s Education Fund, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.