JAMES ERVIN HUFF, OF OLATHE, FORMERLY OF LEAVENWORTH, PASSED AWAY AT
OLATHE HEALTH HOSPICE HOUSE IN OLATHE, KANSAS ON OCTOBER 15,2024 WITH
HIS FAMILY BY HIS SIDE. HE WAS 59 YEARS OLD.

HE WAS BORN TO JOHN DAVIS AND MARY ELLEN HUFF (OGLESBY) ON SEPTEMBER
9, 1965 AT ST. JOHN HOSPTIAL HERE IN LEAVENWORTH. THEY BOTH HAVE
PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.

HE WAS A YOUNG MAN BORN WITH DOWNS SYNDROME WHO OVERCAME MANY
OBSTACLES AND LIVED A GOOD LIFE. HE ENJOYED HIS TIME WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS, PLAYING BASKETBALL, PLAYING CARDS, ALL MUSIC, ELVIS, WRESTLING,
AND WATCHING OLD WESTERN TV SHOWS.

WHILE ATTENDING LEAVENWORTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, HE PARTICIPATED IN
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FOR MANY YEARS. HE GRADUATED IN MAY 1987.

HE IS SURVIVED BY TWO BROTHERS, JOHNNY DAVIS (CRYSTAL), AND THOMAS
OGLESBY (TIM) BOTH OF LEAVENWORTH. A STEP BROTHER, BRUCE KRUEGER OF
SULLIVAN, WISCONSIN. THREE SISTERS. BRENDA (GARY) MARKS OF
TONGANOXIE, LINDA (RAY) NUSSBAUM OF OLATHE, AND GLENDA OGLESBY OF
TOPEKA. TWO STEP SISTERS. BETTY HUFF OGLESBY OF HARTFORD, KS AND BOBBI
HUFF OGLESBY OF LANSING. MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS, COUSINS

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, STEPFATHER, GRANDPARENTS, A
NIECE, MANY AUNTS, UNCLES, AND COUSINS.

VELEBRATION OF LIFE VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2024 FROM 2 TO 4 P.M. AT RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY CENTER.