DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Family contact name and telephone number: Gayle Chestnut 785-233-5954 (Husband)
1. Full Name: Laurie S. Chestnut Age: 45 Years Sex: F
2. Current address: Topeka
3. Date of death: Monday , February 17, 2003
4 Place of death: A Topeka hospital.
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: October 7, 1957 Place of birth: Topeka, KS
6.b. Parents: John R. Meakins Theresa E. (Johnson) Meakins
6.c. Years in current city/town:
7. Background She was a 1975 graduate of Highland Park High School. She then received her medical
secretary's certificate from Kaw Area Vocational School in 1976. Laurie worked 26 years as a medical
transcriptionist and medical secretary at Stormont-Vail Medical Center.
8. Relatives: Married to: She was married to Edward H. Campbell III in 1979. They divorced in 1991. She
married Gayle K. Chestnut June 13, 1998.
8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Husband: Gayle Chestnut, Topeka, KS
Son: Joseph Campbell, Topeka, KS
Son: Matthew Campbell, Topeka, KS
Mother: Theresa Meakins, Topeka, KS
Sister: Marilyn Meakins, Tulsa, OK
9. Service time, day, date, place: Cremation is planned. Memorial services will be at 1:00pm, Thursday,
February 20, 2003 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel.
10. Burial: Private inurnment will take place at a later date.
11. Visitation times, place: The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home.
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:
13. Memorial contributions, if any: Heifer International, 1015 Louisiana Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202.
14. Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kansas
66604
Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.funeralchoice.com
Director: Richard L. Rausch