Obituaries

• Publication year: 2011
• Pages: 14
• Citation: Vol. 80 No. 3 Pg. 14

Obituaries No. 80 J. Kan. Bar Assn 3, 14 (2011) Kansas Bar Journal March, 2011

William Y. Chalfant

William Y. Chalfant, 82, of Hutchinson, died January 7 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born October 3, 1928, in Hutchinson, the son of Claude Edward and Junia Maurine Young Chalfant.

He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1946, the University of Kansas in 1950, and the University of Michigan School of Law in 1956. He was an attorney with the firm of Branine, Chalfant, and Hill. Chalfant was a member of the Kansas and American bar associations and the Kansas Board of Law Examiners. He was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War.

Chalfant is survived by his wife, Martha, of the home; son, William, of St. Louis Park, Minn.; daughter, Kristin, of Littleton, Colo.; brother, Steve, of Hutchinson; and two grandsons. He was preceded in death by a brother, Mike.

Harold D. Oelschlaeger

Harold D. Oelschlaeger, 85, died in Overbrook on December 27. He was born January 3, 1925, in Abilene to Fred and Georgia Weber Oelschlaeger and was raised in rural Dickinson County.

Oelschlaeger enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943 and served with the 84th Infantry Division in Europe during the Battle of Germany and the subsequent Occupation of Germany. He was twice wounded and earned the Purple Heart, as well as the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Bronze Star. After returning from service in World War II, he entered Kansas State University, graduating in 1948. He then continued onto Washburn University School of Law, graduating in 1949.

After law school, he began private practice in Plainville. During his time there, he served as city attorney and was elected as Rooks County attorney from 1964-72. He returned to Topeka in 1972 as a staff attorney for the Kansas State Board of Tax Appeals and later served as a court administrator...