Services for Brody Minton, 17, of Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Friday July 26th, 2024, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
Brody passed Tuesday, July 16th, 2024, in a wooded area in the 900 block of North 1150 Road at Clinton Lake.
He was born September 15th, 2006, in Topeka. The son of Jennifer and Thomas Minton. He attended Lawrence High School where he was set to begin his senior year this upcoming August.
Brody had not had the opportunity to achieve his goal of attending University of Kansas to study accounting. He had been accepted in the TRIO and SES Program through the University of Kansas. The program advocated for access to higher education through comprehensive, personalized support services to empower eligible students to achieve academic success, after being nominated by his teacher at LHS for his abilities with mathematics.
Brody worked as a server at Burgers by Bigg’s in Lawrence, a locally owned restaurant.
He is survived by his father Thomas Minton, his mother Jennifer Minton, his brother Colton Minton 18, and his sister Evelyn Minton 16.
A visitation will take place from 6- 8 p.m. Thursday evening July 25th, 2024. Memorial contributions for Brody’s family may be made out to Jennifer Minton.
