Services set for rural Holton man killed in home explosion
05/25/2021

Billy " Lu" Griffths

(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.

 

 


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