John "Jim" James Wyatt

John James (Jim) Wyatt, 89, passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2025. He was born in

Topeka, Kansas, June 5, 1935, 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 then attended and graduated

from Washburn University in Topeka in 1958. In the fall of 1959, he accepted a social

science/physical education teaching position at Centre High School at Lost Springs, Kansas, and

later served as guidance counselor. He remained in that school 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 and then divorced in 1990.

Survivors are sons, Greg (Cindy) Wyatt of Marion, Kansas, Stan (Patty) Wyatt of Fruita,  

Colorado, and Kirk (Jennifer) Wyatt of Gypsum, Kansas: three grandsons, Jordan, James, and JJ:

two granddaughters, Grace and Abby: five step-grandsons, Tyler, Nick, Zach, Quentin, and

Philip: four step-granddaughters, Relene, Ashley, Courtney, and Katherine. In addition, he has

five great-grandchildren with a sixth on the way and three step great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be Saturday, March 8th , 2025 at 11:00 AM with visitation beginning at

10:00 AM at Centre High School, Lost Springs, Kansas. Burial services will follow at the

Highland Cemetery in Marion.

Memorials in lieu of flowers can be made to Centre USD 397 Schools