Posted May 25, 2021 05:30pm
(KNZA)--Funeral services have been set for a rural Holton man killed in an explosion at his home earlier this month.
Services for 61-year-old Billy " Lu" Griffiths will be held Friday, June 4 at 11:00 in the morning at the Parker-Price Funeral Home, in Topeka.
Visitation will be Thursday evening, June 3 from 4 to 7 at the funeral home.
Griffiths served as director of the Banner Creek Reservoir near Holton.
His wife, Teri, suffered severe injuries in the May 10 explosion and was airlifted to a Kansas City hospital.
A preliminary investigation by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office identified a propane leak as the likely cause of the explosion.