Myron D. Kidwell

Full Name: Myron D. "Mike" Kidwell Age: 72 Years Sex: M

Current address: Topeka

Date of death: August 9, 2003

Place of death: Midland Hospice House, Topeka

Date of birth: June 19, 1931 Place of birth: Topeka, Kansas

Parents: Nelson Jerome and Maude Pauline Mathews Kidwell

Years in current city/town: has lived in Topeka for most of his life.

Background: He attended Washburn University. He served in the United States Army for 10 years. He was employed by the State of Kansas for 30 years. He retired in 1989 from the Kansas State Historical Society.
Since his retirement he has worked at Denny's Wanamaker Rd. restaurant. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. He was a former member of the Wakarusa Masonic Lodge # 402, A.F. & A.M. He was a past-master and a 32nd degree mason. He was a former member of the Scottish Rite. He was a member of the Ozawkie American Legion Post 225, and the VFW Post 07209. He was a volunteer for KTWU and the VA hospital.

Relatives: Married to: H. Elaine Galbreath on July 7, 1956 in Topeka, KS. She survives.

Immediate survivors:
Wife: Elaine Kidwell, of the home
1 daughter: Becky Kidwell and her husband, Ed Benfer, Topeka, KS
2 grandsons: Chad McFarland and his wife, Shannon, Topeka, KS
Dana Kidwell, Topeka, KS
1 Sister: Thelma McFall, Brush, CO
Many nieces and nephews

Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at Penwell Gabel
Mid Town Chapel .

Burial: Private burial will be at Rochester Cemetery Topeka, Kansas

Memorial contributions, if any: Midland Hospice Care, Inc. 200 SW Frazier Circle Topeka, KS 66606-
2800