Helen Weller

Helen Pauline (Sutton) Weller, age 92 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Leonardville Nursing Home.

She was born on August 21, 1933, in Smith Center, the daughter of Elmer E. & Marie I. Sutton. She attended Smith Center Elementary School and graduated from Wamego High School in 1951.

Helen worked at Farm Bureau Insurance and then became a Homemaker and farm wife, and later cleaned houses. She taught Sunday School at Sedalia Community Church and was a Girl Scout Leader.

On July 20, 1962, she married Ralph Elgin Weller in Manhattan. They celebrated 63 years of marriage prior to Ralph's death in January. She was also proceeded in death by her parents; her brothers, Lester, Lyle and Henry Sutton; her sister, Mary Jane Mahoney, and her son-in-law, Joe Kralicek.

Helen is survived by one son, Aaron Weller of Manhattan; one daughter, Amy Kralicek of Hoyt; two grandchildren, William Kralicek & Jayna Kralicek of Hoyt; one sister, Marjorie Durkees of Topeka, and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are pending with the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home in Riley.