Troy Lee Johnson

1977 - 1987  (10 years)

• Name	Troy Lee Johnson
  Born	21 Apr 1977	Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Nov 1987	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	St. Concordia Catholic Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4244	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	John Johnson
  Mother	Christine Tieking Johnson Ostermann
  Family ID	F5040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Documents » Slide Show		Obituary- Johnson, Troy 1 Troy L. Johnson Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Salina for Troy Lee Johnson, 10, Salina. He died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1987, at a Topeka hospital. He died of injuries suffered after wind blew a set of portable bleachers on top of him at Rossville High School Saturday. Dr. Roman Hiszczynskyj, Shawnee County district coroner, said he died of massive head trauma and brain injury. He was born April 21, 1977, at Manhattan, the son of John and Christine Tieking Johnson. He was in fifth grade at Heusner Elementary School in Salina. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church at Salina. Survivors include his father, John Johnson, Topeka; his mother, Christine Ostermann, Salina; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tieking, Concordia, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson, Topeka. Burial will be in St. Concordia Catholic Cemetery in Concordia. Troy Johnson will lie in state from 4 p.m. today until noon Tuesday at Chapel Funeral Home in Salina where a rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today. Contributions may be made to the Troy Johnson Memorial Fund and sent in care of the Salina Public Library, 301 W. Elm, Salina, 67401. Troy L. Johnson Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday (this afternoon) at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Salina for Troy Lee Johnson, 10, Salina. He died Saturday, November 21, 1987, at a Topeka hospital. He died of injuries suffered after wind blew a set of portable bleachers on top of him at Rossville High School Saturday. Dr. Roman Hiszczynskyj, Shawnee County district coroner, said he died of massive head trauma and brain injury. He was born April 21, 1977, at Manhattan, the son of John and Christine Tieking Johnson. He was in fifth grade at Heusner Elementary School in Salina. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church at Salina. Survivors include his father, John Johnson, Topeka; his mother, Christine Ostermann, Salina; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tieking, Concordia, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson, Topeka. Burial will be in St. Concordia Catholic Cemetery in Concordia. Chapel Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. Contributions may be made to the Troy Johnson Memorial Fund and sent in care of the Salina Public Library, 301 W. Elm, Salina, 67401.
  		Obituary- Johnson, Troy 2 Freak Accident Claims Life of 10-Year-Old Troy L. Johnson, 10-year-old son of Rossville High School principal John Johnson, died at a Topeka hospital Saturday, November 21, 1987, after wind blew a set of portable bleachers on top of him at the high school. Detective Mark Wanamaker of the Shawnee County Sheriff’s office, said Troy suf¬fered crushing head injuries when he was struck by the aluminum bleachers. An autopsy was performed Sunday, revealing that the youngster died of massive head trauma and brain injury, according to Dr. Roman Hiszczynskyj, deputy district coroner. The accident occurred about 4 p.m. Saturday, when Principal Johnson and another man were measuring the set of bleachers near the high school’s football field, east of the school building. The men were trying to determine whether the bleachers could fit through a door into the high school. The bleachers had been used for the state playoff football game Friday night, and were being considered for use inside the building in the event an overflow crowd attended the evening performance of “The Sound of Music.” The bleachers had been set on its wheels, when a strong gust of wind blew them down, striking the boy. Troy was transported by Medevac MidAmerica Ambulance to Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. USD 321 Superintendent George Brown and Athletic Director Jerry Bingham accompanied Mr. Johnson to the hospital with his son. Troy had been living with his mother in Salina. His obituary is on page 2 of this issue.
  		Obituary- Johnson, Troy 3 Boy struck, killed by falling bleachers By TIM HRENCHIR Capital-Journal staff writer The 10-year-old son of Rossville High School’s principal died at a Topeka hospital Saturday after wind blew a set of portable bleachers on top of him at the high school, Shawnee County sheriff’s authorities said. Detective Mark Wanamaker said the boy, Troy L. Johnson, suffered crushing head injuries when he was struck by the aluminum bleachers. Dr. Roman Hiszczynskyj, deputy district coroner, was scheduled to perform an autopsy today. Wanamaker said the accident oc-curred at about 4 p.m. Saturday when John Johnson, the principal, was measuring the set of bleachers with another man near the high school’s football field, east of the school building. The two men were trying to determine whether the bleachers could fit through a door into the high school, Wanamaker said. The bleachers had been used for a state playoff football game that Rossville played Friday, and they were being considered for use inside the school in anticipation of an overflow crowd for a Saturday evening performance of "The Sound of Music.’’ Johnson and the other man had stood the set of bleachers on its Photo on page 2 wheels, Wanamaker said, when a strong gust of wind blew the bleachers down, striking the boy. "At one point in time, he (Troy Johnson) wasn’t anywhere near them,” Wanamaker said. "Apparently when they weren’t looking, he had gotten in behind them.” Troy Johnson was transported by Medevac MidAmerica Ambulance to Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. Wanamaker said the boy had been living with his mother, who he said is divorced from John Johnson. He still did not know late Saturday where the boy lived and went to school. However, Rossville residents said the boy lived and attended school at Delia. Funeral arrangements for the boy will not be made until today’s autopsy has been completed, Hiszczynskyj said.
  		Obituary- Johnson, Troy 4 A 10-year old boy died Saturday after wind blew over these bleachers at Rossville High School. The bleachers struck his head. See story, page 1.