THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2010
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VOLUME 123 ISSUE 41
OBITUARY
Student's humor, kindness stood out
BY KELLY MORGAN kmorgan@kansan.com
He was the kind of guy who would break into an Irish jig just to make his friend Maggie laugh, or burst into an infectious giggle when his family called him by his nickname, Furby. Daniel Jacob Henry, better known as lake, was a KU senior from Edwardsville. He was the kind of guy everyone called "friend."
"Jake had an inside joke with just about everyone," said Cameron Buck, a senior from Edwardsville. "Everyone liked Jake."
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Jake and his girlfriend of seven years, Stephanie Conn,
died Oct. 10 after his 2002 Saturn Sedan was hit in a head-on collision on Kansas Highway 32.
Losing a'perfect'couple
The two, who were voted cutest couple while at Bonner Springs High School, were known for their close and healthy relationship.
"We all just assumed that they'd get married and have freakin' cute kids," said Maggie Hackney, an Edwardsville resident.
Stephanie Marie Conn, 22, and Daniel 'Take' Henry, 21, were remembered at a funeral service in Bonner Springs on Friday morning. The couple started dating in the seventh grade.
SEE HENRY ON PAGE 3A
Friends, family at funeral service remember students killed in Oct.10 car accident
BY ALLYSON SHAW ashaw@kansan.com
"Forever 22."
At those words, the chapel, filled to capacity with family and friends, shook with sobs at the funeral of Stephanie Marie Conn and Daniel "Jake" Henry in Bonner Springs. The two died in a car accident Oct. 10 and were remembered Friday morning.
The entrance to the church showcased Stephanie's guitar, lake's
childhood
childhood shoes,
Stephanie's charcoal sketches of
faces and Jake's hockey mask.
A photo collage sat on the
table - a bulletin board that could
have hung in
Stephanie and Jake had known each other since the fifth grade, Colerick said. Jake's family remembered hearing a young voice on the phone and watching a young Jake blush bright red as he took the phone to another room.
"She and lake were perfect together and I'm happy they're together now," she said.
Stephanie's room just a short while ago.
The families asked that people who wanted to send flowers would instead contribute to the Jacob Henry and Stephanie Conn Scholarship Funds. But some must have chosen to do both, because the front of the church was alive with hundreds of flowers.
The two began dating in the seventh grade.
"She and Jake were perfect together and I'm happy they're together now."
"We had so looked forward to watching you and Steffy got married
Pastor Margi Colerick of the First Christian Church of Bonner Springs spoke for both families as she read the eulogies of the Jake, 21, and Stephanie, 22.
Colerick quoted Stephanie's grandmother, Evelyn Conn, who had dinner with Stephanie on the evening of the crash.
EVELYN CONN Stephanie's grandmother
and build a family together," said the Henry family in the ecology.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little called them "two bright young people." She stood in the
back of the chapel, amid many more friends who couldn't find seats, wiping her eyes.
Jake was, among other things, a big brother to Collin Henry, a senior at Bonner Springs High. In Jake's eulogy, members of the Henry family said Jake had recently written to his mother, thanking her for raising him the right way. He said he was so happy to have been born into his family.
Jake and Stephanie were on their way back to the University on Oct. 10 when the accident occurred. The couple studied hard, watched KU sports, laughed a lot and loved each other.
Stephanie's aunt Cindy Conn
remembered a shopping trip with Stephanie when she was a child. Stephanie asked about death. Cindy told her although you can't see or touch those who have died you can still talk to them. Stephanie and her aunt were soon having an in-depth
"I can't wait to see you again," Cindy said at the service. "But until then, I'll be talking to you."
conversation with dinosaurs.
Edited by Clark Goble
Woman's laughter could fill the room
BY ALLYSON SHAW ashaw@kansan.com
When Stephanie Marie Conn lived in Oliver Hall, the R.A. on her floor often had to ask her not to laugh so loudly. Her laugh was contagious and it would send her friends into giggle fits.
"I laugh to this day thinking about Stephanie's laugh," Cori Wallace, a friend of Stephanie's and a senior at Washburn University, said. "It could brighten anyone's day."
Three years later, on the night of Oct. 10, Stephanie, a senior from Bonner Springs, and her boyfriend Daniel "jake" Henry died in a car accident.
Stephanie's close friend and freshman roommate Michaela Mortensen, a senior from Bonner Springs, said Conn was best known for her big, genuine smile that never left her face.
"She didn't have a mean bone in her body." Mortensen said. "She never met a stranger."
Stephanie and Jake were driving back to Lawrence when the accident happened. Stephanie had just visited her grandmother and Jake had picked her up
CRIME
SEE CONN ON PAGE 3A
Rape reported in campus lot A student reported the attack behind The Wheel Wednesday
BY GARTH SEARS
gsears@kansan.com
A female student reported to police that she was raped early Wednesday morning in
parking lot behind The Wagon Wheel,a popular student bar at 14th and Ohio streets.
The student said she was raped in University
Thursday afternoon.
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION, CALL:
Capt. Schuyler Bailey of the Public Safety Office said the rape reportedly happened between cars in the lot "directly behind" The Wheel.
KU Public Safety Office:
(785) 864-5900
Crime Stoppers hotline:
(785) 864-8888
parking lot 100 between 2:30 and 3:10 a.m. Wednesday by an unknown man, according to a University crime alert posted
Bailey asked that anyone who saw what happened call the Public Safety Office at 864-5900. Any tips can be called in to the Crime Stoppers hotline anonymously at 864-8888.
SAFETY TIPS
According to the University website, there is another section of lot 100. Bailey said the
- Be aware of your surroundings.
· Walk or jog in groups.
· Stay on lighted pathways and avoid taking shortcuts behind buildings and through parking lots.
· If you are the victim of a crime, contact the police as soon as possible.
· Report any crime in progress or any suspicious activity
- Report any crime in progress or any suspicious activity to the KU Public Safety Office.
section involved was the larger section of lot 100, right off of Ohio Street, not the section on the west side of Stephenson and Pearson Scholarship Halls, by Sprague Apartments.
A University crime alert encouraged students to be aware of their surroundings,
walk in groups and stay on lighted pathways.
Edited by Anna Nordling
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Crossword...4A
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Opinion...5A
Sports...1B
Sudoku...4A
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TODAY
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scattered T-Storms
Sunny
TUESDAY
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