Leah Phelon

Full Name: Leah Phelon Age: 94 Years Sex: Female

Current address: Topeka, Kansas

Date of death: Monday afternoon, October 28, 2002

Place of death: Aldersgate Village, Topeka, KS

Date of birth: January 29, 1908 Place of birth: West Plaines, MO

Parents: Albert Nicholas and Josie Belle Pierson Odor

Years in current city/town: Moved to Topeka in 1950.

Background: Moved with her family to Kearney, Missouri in 1910 and attended Prairie Home Elementary and Arly High School in that area. Moved with her parents to Lyndon, Kansas in 1926. She was a member of Lowman United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women. She was a member of the Topeka Womens Club and a former member of the YWCA of Topeka. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, and playing bridge.

Relatives: Married to: C. Alvah Phelon on February 17, 1930 at Scranton, KS

preceded in death by: her husband, Alvah on November 18, 1994
Her son: Norman W. Phelon in 1939.
Immediate survivors:
Daughter: Deanna S. Hays, Lindsborg, KS
Daughter: Rita L. Melton, Phoenix, AZ
Daughter: Audra L. McPeak, Clemson, SC
Grandchildren: 15
Great-grandchildren: 14

Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 1, 2002 at Penwell Gabel Mid Town Chapel.

Burial: Highland Cemetery in Osage County, Kansas

Visitation times, place: Leah Phelon will lie in state after 1:00 p.m. Thursday, October 31, 2002 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel. The family will receive friends from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the chapel before the service on Friday.

Memorial contributions, if any: Lowman United Methodist Church, 4000 Drury Lane, Topeka, KS 66604 or Good Samaritan Fund Aldersgate Village, 7220 Asbury Dr. Topeka, KS 66614

Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66604