Political Quotes

“Ladd Seaberg, a Kansas resident whose home was in Atchison, KS, passed away on Kansas' 156th birthday. My State lost an individual who epitomizes all that it means to be a Kansan. Throughout his life, Ladd was dedicated to serving his family, his friends, his colleagues, and his hometown of Atchison. Atchison is along the Missouri River, the Kansas River, and right on the border with the neighboring State. They have a long history in that community, and he and his family have had a long opportunity, which they have taken advantage of, to benefit the citizens of that community. He fought a courageous fight with a terrible, progressive neurodegenerative disease, and he was laid to rest last week. As a stalwart figure of Northeast Kansas who worked at MGP Ingredients for 40 years, he will long be remembered for his character and his leadership. Most everything good in Atchison involved Ladd and his family. Ladd was not born a Kansan. He was born in West Texas and graduated from Texas Tech University, where he met his wife Karen Cray during a national science fair put on by the U.S. Air Force. Naturally, they both won first place awards at the fair, and later moved to Karen's hometown of Atchison, where they made their life and raised their family. With a degree in chemical engineering and the mind of a true engineer, he had a passion for understanding the way things work on a mechanical level.…”