William M. Gellinger, Jr., 23, Rt. 2, died Saturday (June 12, 1976) from injuries received in an automobile accident.
    He was born Sept. 2, 1952, in Manhattan and was employed in the maintenance department at Kansas State University.
    He was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Manhattan and was a graduate of Manhattan High School.
    He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Gellinger, Sr., St. George; one brother, Robert L. Gellinger, Emporia; three sisters, Mrs. Toni L. Hawkins, Emporia, Mrs. Carrol A. Huyvaerg, Tuscon, Ariz., and Mary Jo Gellinger, 830 Moro; a grandmother, Mrs. Iva Craig, St. George; two nephews and a niece.
    Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Cowan-Edwards-Yorgensen Funeral Chapel with Pastor John Denson officiating. Cremation will follow the service at Mt. Hope Abbey in Topeka.

obituary from The Manhattan Mercury