Samuel Joseph Cody

Samuel Joseph Cody

Feb. 2, 1948 - Aug. 13, 2015

ATWOOD,Kan.-- Samuel Joseph Cody, 67, died Thursday (Aug. 13, 2015), in Atwood.

He was born in Denver, Colorado, on Feb. 2, 1948, to Marion Earl Cody, Jr and Edna Luella (Tracy) Cody. He and the family lived in Brewster, Kansas.

At a young age, because of his disabilities and the sudden death of his father, he was sent to the Martin Luther Training School in Beatrice, Nebraska. At the age of 20, his mother passed suddenly and he was sent home to Brewster to live with his grandmother.

In 1975, he moved to the Prairie Developmental Center (PDC) in Atwood, Kansas, where he lived for the next 40 years. He worked at the PDC workshop and in 1988, worked on the supported work crew at Bell and Carlson, where he sanded fiberglass gun stocks.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his brother, Roy Cody of Lacey, Washington, cousins, nieces and nephews.

Services are Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, 10:30 a.m. at Baalmann Mortuary in Atwood. There is no visitation.

Memorials may be given in his name to Prairie Developmental Center in care of Baalmann Mortuary, 109 N. 2nd Street, Atwood KS 67730. Online condolences: www.baalmannmortuary.com

Baalmann Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.