Leo James Stewart

Full Name: Leo J. Stewart Age: 92 Years Sex: Male

Current address: Topeka

Date of death: Sunday evening , November 10, 2002

Place of death: A Topeka area care facility.

Date of birth: July 8, 1910 Place of birth: Hunter, KS

Parents: James R. and Edith Bell Baughn Stewart

Years in current city/town: He lived in Kansas City, MO for 7 years and Salina, KS for 39 years before moving to Topeka in 1985.

Background: Graduated from Hunter High School, Hunter, KS and Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, KS. He served as a Petty Officer, 2nd Class in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during WWII. He was a member of Susanna Wesley United Methodist Church. He was employed as an accountant for Frisbie
Construction for 27 years before retiring in 1982.


Relatives: Married to: Juanita A. Hurlbut, December 5, 1936 in Kansas City,MO

preceded in death by: By his wife, Juanita, on October 30, 2002
Immediate survivors:
Daughter: Dixie A. Heck, Topeka, KS
Daughter: Donna K. Cardinal, Topeka, KS
Sister: Helen Jensen, Sylvan Grove, KS
Brother: Charles W. Stewart, Topeka, KS
Brother: Paul Stewart, Cottage Grove, OR
Grandchildren: 6
1 Great Granddaughter

Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00 a.m, Wednesday, November 13, 2002 at the Mount Hope Mausoleum Chapel.

Entombment will be in the Mt. Hope Mausoleum, Topeka, KS

Visitation times, place: Leo Stewart will lie in state after 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel.

Memorial contributions, if any: Susanna Wesley United Methodist Church Building Fund, 7433 SW 29th Street, Topeka, KS 66614