John Wahwassuck Jr. III 1968-2025
John Paul Wahwassuck Jr. III, 56, of Mayetta, passed away Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 at the St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He was born Dec. 20, 1968 in Holton, the son of Johnnie Paul Wahwassuck Sr. II and Roberta Stella (Lucei).
He graduated from the Kickapoo Nation High School. He earned his Heavy Equipment Operator License from Beloit and he later would earn a degree from Washburn Tech in Electrical Engineering.
He was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomie Nation and he was member of the Drum Religion.
Survivors include his mother, Roberta, of the home; two brothers, Ronnie Thomas Sr. of Warm Springs, Ore. and Larry Picard of Mayetta; and five sisters, Sandra Lee Moroyoqui of Lincoln City, Ore., Pam Simon (Bill) of Horton, Theresa Hutchinson (Dan) of Canterbury, N.H., Lorrie Melchior (Jonathan) of Mayetta and Ahnah Wahwassuck (Robert Griffith Sr.) of Mayetta.
He was preceded in death by his father, Johnnie P. Wahwassuck Sr. III; two sisters, Debbie Lucei and Roberta Audra Wahwassuck; and two brothers, Layton Abbott and Edwin Thomas Sr.
Drum services will be held on Monday evening, Sept. 22, at the Danceground Building west of Mayetta. Burial will be held in the Prairie Peoples Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 23. Mercer Funeral Home in Holton is in charge of arrangements.
To leave John’s family a condolence, please visit www.mercerfuneralhomes.com.
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