In Memory Of
Sue Lindsay
1936
2021
Sue Lindsay
November 8, 1936 — October 20, 2021
Nola "Sue" Lindsay passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, October 20, 2021. In her final days she was surrounded constantly by her husband of 62 years, her children, and many of her grandchildren. One of the most challenging things to write is the obituary message for a loved one. And yet, it is also a bit comforting to acknowledge the amount of grief we feel relates to the impact she had on our lives.
Sue was raised in the same house that she was born in on November 8, 1936, in Hinton, Oklahoma. Her parents lived in that same house until their passing. The Quaker influence from her parents impacted her the rest of her life; she enjoyed family game nights when we were all together but had a twinge of anxiety rolling dice, playing dominoes, or holding cards, especially on Sunday, and she never wanted anyone to have to work or shop on Sunday.
Sue liked to tell stories about being on the Oklahoma high school state champion driving team where the teammates practiced "parking" and playing the Bari sax in the high school band. After graduating from Hinton High School, Sue attended Oklahoma Baptist University. While she had noticed a certain halfback on a rival high school football team before, it was here that she first met fellow freshman (self-categorized "Transfer Student") R. Rex (Peck) Lindsay. The debate about who chased who is still ongoing, however after 62 years of devoted marriage, her children and grandchildren agree that it was a mutual chasing. Their relationship continued after Peck followed God's call to pastor a church in Russell, Kansas and became an honest transfer student at Fort Hays State. Sue stayed in Oklahoma to finish her degree at OBU. After graduating, she taught art at Anahuac, Texas. Even though they were distanced physically, this marked a clear transition for them as they became partners in God's call to serve the churches and people of Kansas and Nebraska.
Peck and Sue married on July 4, 1959. For the next few years, they solidified their ministry together and the beginning of their multi-million miles of driving across Kansas and Nebraska. Peck would preach in Russell, Kansas, then they would drive 240 miles on two lane roads to Kansas City where Peck attended Midwestern Seminary and Sue taught elementary school in the inner city. When they finished on Friday, they would drive back to minister in Russell for the weekend. In 1960, they followed God's call to plant a church in Omaha where Sue continued to teach and completed a master's degree in art education. Sue was a private individual. On Christmas Eve, 1963, she wanted to delay going to the maternity ward and labored at home while Peck grilled a steak and baked a potato before leaving for the hospital just in time to deliver baby girl Natalee Dawn.
In 1971 they again followed God's call to Wichita, Kansas. Sue switched her focus to being a mom and in March 1974, after being told by a doctor that she should be happy to have had one healthy child, Nathan Rex was born. Two years later they made their final move to Topeka, Kansas. Keeping her focus on being a mom first, Sue transitioned professionally into church media library consulting. In this role, she worked with church media librarians across the Kansas-Nebraska Convention for Southern Baptists (KNCSB or The Convention). Her work was nationally recognized by the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board and was a great professional joy for her. Over time as church media libraries changed, she shifted her focus to archival work to preserve the historical documents related to the history of KNCSB churches and created a file for every church in the Convention.
Sue approached life keeping a close eye on what was most important while maintaining a perspective that included fun. Others got to experience this when she tried to charge a quarter for carrying plates at Webster Conference Center Dining Hall, or at one Convention when she stood in the hallway with a paper cup collecting money for the mother of the Unknown Soldier -to which people donated over $20.00! She then donated the money to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
Sue was preceded in death by her parents, Loren and Jesse Allen, and her son-in-law, Todd Beck. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Peck Lindsay of Topeka Kansas; a daughter, Dr. Natalee Beck of Eudora, Kansas; a son and his wife, Nathan and Marla Lindsay, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Sue is also survived by her grandchildren who she loved investing time with: Dr. Jacob Beck, Dr. Emma Beck, Annie Beck, and Jenna Beck, and Kipton and Kortlin Lindsay, meeting her great-grandson Joshua Todd Beck, and enjoyed spending time with Siah Conley. She attended hundreds of games, concerts, plays, and events. She made thousands of her famous chocolate chip cookies and loaves of banana bread. She took thousands of pictures of her grandchildren and dispensed over a hundred "proud buttons" to encourage all of them.
She is also survived by a network of people with whom she shared her life and who she cared for; the Dillon's produce department and cashiers where she got her bananas for her famous banana bread, the butcher at Herman's where she got her special cut of meat for family meals, the staff at Annie's Place where she enjoyed Julie's quiche (if Julie didn't make it, she knew), and the workers in the hotels where she and Peck stayed on their treks around Kansas and Nebraska. Thank you to everyone who shared her life - she spoke of you often and we were filled knowing that you enriched her life, even in moments that could be passed off as simple transactions. She knew many of you by name and valued you as people. She would challenge us all to notice the unnoticed people in our paths and acknowledge and encourage them.
A memorial fund has been established through the Kansas-Nebraska Southern Baptist Foundation to further ministry in Kansas and Nebraska. Contributions may be made out to KNSBF, designated for the Sue Lindsay Memorial. They may be sent to KNCSB, 5410 SW 7th Street, Topeka, KS 66606-2398.
A memorial visitation will be held on Tuesday, November 23 from 5:00pm -8:00pm at Penwell Gabel Funeral Home, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66604.
To leave a message for the family, please visit the guestbook below.
LUP, LUN, LUS, LUGKs
Sue was raised in the same house that she was born in on November 8, 1936, in Hinton, Oklahoma. Her parents lived in that same house until their passing. The Quaker influence from her parents impacted her the rest of her life; she enjoyed family game nights when we were all together but had a twinge of anxiety rolling dice, playing dominoes, or holding cards, especially on Sunday, and she never wanted anyone to have to work or shop on Sunday.
Sue liked to tell stories about being on the Oklahoma high school state champion driving team where the teammates practiced "parking" and playing the Bari sax in the high school band. After graduating from Hinton High School, Sue attended Oklahoma Baptist University. While she had noticed a certain halfback on a rival high school football team before, it was here that she first met fellow freshman (self-categorized "Transfer Student") R. Rex (Peck) Lindsay. The debate about who chased who is still ongoing, however after 62 years of devoted marriage, her children and grandchildren agree that it was a mutual chasing. Their relationship continued after Peck followed God's call to pastor a church in Russell, Kansas and became an honest transfer student at Fort Hays State. Sue stayed in Oklahoma to finish her degree at OBU. After graduating, she taught art at Anahuac, Texas. Even though they were distanced physically, this marked a clear transition for them as they became partners in God's call to serve the churches and people of Kansas and Nebraska.
Peck and Sue married on July 4, 1959. For the next few years, they solidified their ministry together and the beginning of their multi-million miles of driving across Kansas and Nebraska. Peck would preach in Russell, Kansas, then they would drive 240 miles on two lane roads to Kansas City where Peck attended Midwestern Seminary and Sue taught elementary school in the inner city. When they finished on Friday, they would drive back to minister in Russell for the weekend. In 1960, they followed God's call to plant a church in Omaha where Sue continued to teach and completed a master's degree in art education. Sue was a private individual. On Christmas Eve, 1963, she wanted to delay going to the maternity ward and labored at home while Peck grilled a steak and baked a potato before leaving for the hospital just in time to deliver baby girl Natalee Dawn.
In 1971 they again followed God's call to Wichita, Kansas. Sue switched her focus to being a mom and in March 1974, after being told by a doctor that she should be happy to have had one healthy child, Nathan Rex was born. Two years later they made their final move to Topeka, Kansas. Keeping her focus on being a mom first, Sue transitioned professionally into church media library consulting. In this role, she worked with church media librarians across the Kansas-Nebraska Convention for Southern Baptists (KNCSB or The Convention). Her work was nationally recognized by the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board and was a great professional joy for her. Over time as church media libraries changed, she shifted her focus to archival work to preserve the historical documents related to the history of KNCSB churches and created a file for every church in the Convention.
Sue approached life keeping a close eye on what was most important while maintaining a perspective that included fun. Others got to experience this when she tried to charge a quarter for carrying plates at Webster Conference Center Dining Hall, or at one Convention when she stood in the hallway with a paper cup collecting money for the mother of the Unknown Soldier -to which people donated over $20.00! She then donated the money to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
Sue was preceded in death by her parents, Loren and Jesse Allen, and her son-in-law, Todd Beck. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Peck Lindsay of Topeka Kansas; a daughter, Dr. Natalee Beck of Eudora, Kansas; a son and his wife, Nathan and Marla Lindsay, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Sue is also survived by her grandchildren who she loved investing time with: Dr. Jacob Beck, Dr. Emma Beck, Annie Beck, and Jenna Beck, and Kipton and Kortlin Lindsay, meeting her great-grandson Joshua Todd Beck, and enjoyed spending time with Siah Conley. She attended hundreds of games, concerts, plays, and events. She made thousands of her famous chocolate chip cookies and loaves of banana bread. She took thousands of pictures of her grandchildren and dispensed over a hundred "proud buttons" to encourage all of them.
She is also survived by a network of people with whom she shared her life and who she cared for; the Dillon's produce department and cashiers where she got her bananas for her famous banana bread, the butcher at Herman's where she got her special cut of meat for family meals, the staff at Annie's Place where she enjoyed Julie's quiche (if Julie didn't make it, she knew), and the workers in the hotels where she and Peck stayed on their treks around Kansas and Nebraska. Thank you to everyone who shared her life - she spoke of you often and we were filled knowing that you enriched her life, even in moments that could be passed off as simple transactions. She knew many of you by name and valued you as people. She would challenge us all to notice the unnoticed people in our paths and acknowledge and encourage them.
A memorial fund has been established through the Kansas-Nebraska Southern Baptist Foundation to further ministry in Kansas and Nebraska. Contributions may be made out to KNSBF, designated for the Sue Lindsay Memorial. They may be sent to KNCSB, 5410 SW 7th Street, Topeka, KS 66606-2398.
A memorial visitation will be held on Tuesday, November 23 from 5:00pm -8:00pm at Penwell Gabel Funeral Home, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66604.
To leave a message for the family, please visit the guestbook below.
LUP, LUN, LUS, LUGKs
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Service Schedule
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Visitation
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
5:00 - 8:00 pm (Central time)
Penwell-Gabel - Mid-Town Chapel
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