Full Name: Louis M. McQueen Age: 90 Years Sex: Male
Current address: Topeka, Kansas
Date of death: Sunday afternoon , October 13, 2002
Place of death: At his home.
Date of birth: September 6, 1912 Place of birth: near Wetmore, KS
Parents: Clark and Effie Sigler McQueen
Years in current city/town: Came to Topeka in 1937.
Background: He graduated form Wetmore High School in 1930. He worked in a grocery store when he first came to Topeka. During WWII he worked as a security guard at Forbes Air Base for five years before transferring to Winter General Hospital for 2 years. He went to work for USD 501 as a custodian in 1960. He retired in 1977 after working 17 years.
Relatives: Married to: Leona J. Chick on January 8, 1942 in Holton, KS
Immediate survivors:
Wife: Leona McQueen, of the home, Topeka
1 Son: Ronald M. McQueen, Topeka, KS
3 Grandchildren
Service time, day, date, place: graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m, Wednesday, October 16, 2002 at Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, KS
Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, Kansas.
Burial: Wetmore Cemetery Wetmore, KS
Visitation times, place: Louis McQueen will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel after noon Tuesday, October 15, 2002 where the family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m.
Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kansas
66604
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