In Memory Of
Gladys Pyrle Owen
Gladys Pyrle Owen
Full Name: Gladys Pyrle Owen Age: 97 Years Sex: F
Current address: Topeka
Date of death: Monday, September 15, 2003
Place of death: Kelly House, Topeka
Date of birth: April 9, 1906 Place of birth: Kirwin, Kansas
Parents: Bert and Mertie Rodebaugh Edwards
Years in current city/town: grew up in Topeka and returned to Topeka after 1997
Background: She graduated from Oakland High School in Topeka in 1924 where she was a class officer,editor in chief of the school newspaper and class valedictorian. She was employed by Santa Fe Railroad during
WWII. With her husband, she moved to Oklahoma City, OK in 1955 and later moved to Wichita, KS.
She was a member at First United Methodist Church in Wichita and was an accomplished gardener and artist working with oil paintings and ceramics.
Relatives: She met and married R. Virgil Owen in 1925.
preceded in death by: her husband, Virgil on May 21, 1994, and her brother Leonard Edwards.
Immediate survivors:
Son: Rex V. Owen and his wife Lylah J. of Littleton, Co
Daughter: Marjorie Darlene Meyers and her husband Keith L. of Topeka, KS
6 Grandchildren
8 Great-grandchildren
1 Great-great-grandchild
Service time, day, date, place: A Celebration of Life Service will be at 11:00am, Saturday, September 20, 2003 at Mount Hope Mausoleum Chapel.
Entombment: Mt. Hope Mausoleum
Visitation times, place:She will lie in state after 1:00 p.m.Friday, Sept. 19, at Penwell Gabel Mid Town Chapel where the family will receive friends from 5-6 p.m.
Memorial contributions, if any: The American Heart Assoc., Memorial Processing Center, P.O. Box 1653, Topeka, KS 66601-1653
Current address: Topeka
Date of death: Monday, September 15, 2003
Place of death: Kelly House, Topeka
Date of birth: April 9, 1906 Place of birth: Kirwin, Kansas
Parents: Bert and Mertie Rodebaugh Edwards
Years in current city/town: grew up in Topeka and returned to Topeka after 1997
Background: She graduated from Oakland High School in Topeka in 1924 where she was a class officer,editor in chief of the school newspaper and class valedictorian. She was employed by Santa Fe Railroad during
WWII. With her husband, she moved to Oklahoma City, OK in 1955 and later moved to Wichita, KS.
She was a member at First United Methodist Church in Wichita and was an accomplished gardener and artist working with oil paintings and ceramics.
Relatives: She met and married R. Virgil Owen in 1925.
preceded in death by: her husband, Virgil on May 21, 1994, and her brother Leonard Edwards.
Immediate survivors:
Son: Rex V. Owen and his wife Lylah J. of Littleton, Co
Daughter: Marjorie Darlene Meyers and her husband Keith L. of Topeka, KS
6 Grandchildren
8 Great-grandchildren
1 Great-great-grandchild
Service time, day, date, place: A Celebration of Life Service will be at 11:00am, Saturday, September 20, 2003 at Mount Hope Mausoleum Chapel.
Entombment: Mt. Hope Mausoleum
Visitation times, place:She will lie in state after 1:00 p.m.Friday, Sept. 19, at Penwell Gabel Mid Town Chapel where the family will receive friends from 5-6 p.m.
Memorial contributions, if any: The American Heart Assoc., Memorial Processing Center, P.O. Box 1653, Topeka, KS 66601-1653
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Service Schedule
Past Services
Visitation
Friday, September 19, 2003
Starts at 6:00 pm (Central time)
Penwell-Gabel - Mid-Town Chapel
Service
Saturday, September 20, 2003
Starts at 11:00 am (Central time)
Mt. Hope Mausoleum Chapel
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