Richard L. Stewart

Full Name: Richard L. "Dick" Stewart Age: 81 Years Sex: M

Current address: Topeka

Date of death: Tuesday, July 15, 2003

Place of death: Midland Hospice House, Topeka

Date of birth: December 4, 1921 Place of birth: Wichita, Kansas

Parents: Leo Vernon and Edith Mary Struthers Stewart

Years in current city/town: has lived in Topeka since 1956 Moved from Wichita, KS in 1949 to Chanute, KS and then to Emporia, KS in 1950 until 1956.

Background: Graduated from Wichita West High School in 1939. Attended the University of Wichita.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #99 in Wichita, Scottish Rite, and the Arab Shrine of Topeka. He served in the United States Marines in the South Pacific during WWII. He was employed by Jack Spratt Machinery from
1946-1949 and Martin Tractor Co. from 1949 to 1982. He had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to fish.

Relatives: Married to: Marilyn Sheffer on January 23, 1945 in Wichita, Kansas

Immediate survivors:
Wife: Marilyn Stewart of the home
Son: Scott Stewart, Denver, CO
Daughter: Christine Nelson, Cascade, CO
6 Grandchildren: Michael Power, Cascade, CO
Eric Power and Shannon Power, Colorado Springs, CO Matthew Stewart, Lawrence, KS
Baird Kleinsmith and Wade Kleinsmith, Durango, CO
1 Great granddaughter

Service time, day, date, place: The funeral service will be at Penwell Gabel Mid Town Chapel on Friday,July 18, 2003 at 9:00 a.m.

Burial: Committal service will be held at 2:00 p.m. (on Friday, July 18, 2003) at Wichita Park Cemetery

Visitation times, place: Richard "Dick" Stewart will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel after 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 17, 2003 where the family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. .

Memorial contributions, if any: Midland Hospice House, 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606-2800 or American Cancer Society, 1315 SW Arrowhead Rd. Topeka, KS 66604 or American Lung Association of Kansas, 4300 Drury Lane, Topeka, KS 66604-2419