Marsha Mendel

1. Full Name: Marsha Rae Mendel Age: 62 Years Sex: F

2. Current address: Topeka

3. Date of death: Saturday , April 27, 2002

4 Place of death: Her residence

5. Cause of death:

6. Date of birth: October 11, 1939 Place of birth: Council Grove, Kansas

6.b. Parents: Raymond and Goldie Prall Vell

6.c. Years in current city/town:

7. Background: Mrs. Mendel graduated from Council Grove High School, and from Newman Hospital School
of Nursing in Emporia in 1960. She was a registered nurse, and retired from Brewster Place Retirement Home in
1998. She also worked parttime for Sears. She was a member of Fairlawn Heights Wesleyan Church, and was
active in ministries there.




8. Relatives: Married to: David Mendel, Sept. 19, 1959

8.b. preceded in death by: Husband died Oct. 14, 1986
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Son: Todd Mendel, Topeka
Son: Tyson Mendel, Eudora, KS
Daughter: Tiffany Pelton, Topeka, KS
Father: Raymond Vell, Topeka, KS
Brother: Don Vell, Cincinnati, OH
3 Grandsons



9. Service time, day, date, place: Memorial services will be at 11:00 am, Wednesday, May 1, 2002 at
Fairlawn Heights Wesleyan Church.

10. Burial: Private inurnment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery

11. Visitation times, place: Mrs. Mendel will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel after 10 am
Tuesday where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m.

12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:

13. Memorial contributions, if any: Lymphoma Research Foundation, 215 Lexington Ave., New York,
NY 10016 or to Fairlawn Heights Wesleyan Church, 5400 SW Huntoon, Topeka 66604

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