In Memory Of
Lucille I. Tompkins
Lucille I. Tompkins
Full Name: Lucille I. Tompkins Age: 98 Years Sex: F
Current address: Toledo, Ohio
Date of death: Monday , August 25, 2003
Place of death: A Toledo Care Center
Date of birth: September 13, 1904 Place of birth: Waverly, Kansas
Parents: Lafayette and Mable Herring Irey
Years in current city/town: lived in Topeka from 1929 to 1998.
Background: She graduated from Waverly High School and lived in Waverly, Kansas until 1929 where she taught school. She attended Emporia State Teachers College. She moved to Topeka in 1929. She worked at Crosby Brothers as a sales clerk in girls clothing for 29 years. She retired in 1974. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and University United Methodist Church where she served on the board and as President of the Women's Society of Christian Service. She was also a member of the Better Business Women's Club,
Topeka Women's Club and The Garden Club. She loved to travel and visited Europe several times, Africa, Australia and South America.
Relatives: Married to:Raymond E. Tompkins, on June 30, 1929 in Melvern, Kansas
preceded in death by: her husband, Raymond on March 6, 1963
Immediate survivors:
Son: R. Evans Tompkins and his wife Anne of Maumee, Ohio
Numerous nieces and nephews
Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00 a.m, Friday, August 29, 2003 at Penwell Gabel Mid Town Chapel.
Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery Topeka,Kansas
Visitation times, place: Lucille I. Tompkins will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel after 1 p.m. Thursday, August 28, where the family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. and 7-8 p.m.
Memorial contributions, if any: University United Methodist Church
Current address: Toledo, Ohio
Date of death: Monday , August 25, 2003
Place of death: A Toledo Care Center
Date of birth: September 13, 1904 Place of birth: Waverly, Kansas
Parents: Lafayette and Mable Herring Irey
Years in current city/town: lived in Topeka from 1929 to 1998.
Background: She graduated from Waverly High School and lived in Waverly, Kansas until 1929 where she taught school. She attended Emporia State Teachers College. She moved to Topeka in 1929. She worked at Crosby Brothers as a sales clerk in girls clothing for 29 years. She retired in 1974. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and University United Methodist Church where she served on the board and as President of the Women's Society of Christian Service. She was also a member of the Better Business Women's Club,
Topeka Women's Club and The Garden Club. She loved to travel and visited Europe several times, Africa, Australia and South America.
Relatives: Married to:Raymond E. Tompkins, on June 30, 1929 in Melvern, Kansas
preceded in death by: her husband, Raymond on March 6, 1963
Immediate survivors:
Son: R. Evans Tompkins and his wife Anne of Maumee, Ohio
Numerous nieces and nephews
Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00 a.m, Friday, August 29, 2003 at Penwell Gabel Mid Town Chapel.
Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery Topeka,Kansas
Visitation times, place: Lucille I. Tompkins will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel after 1 p.m. Thursday, August 28, where the family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. and 7-8 p.m.
Memorial contributions, if any: University United Methodist Church
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Friday, August 29, 2003
Starts at 11:00 am (Central time)
Penwell-Gabel - Mid-Town Chapel
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