Loretta Mckethen

1. Full Name: Loretta McKethen Age: 90 Years Sex: F

2. Current address: Topeka

3. Date of death: Friday , December 13, 2002

4 Place of death: Topeka nursing home

5. Cause of death:

6. Date of birth: May 2, 1912 Place of birth: Naperville, IL

6.b. Parents: Willis W. and Margaret Ann Burke Hart

6.c. Years in current city/town: in Topeka since 1937

7. Background: Mrs. McKethen attended public schools in Aurora and Chicago, Ill. She worked for Illinois
Bell, and later for Santa Fe Railroad.

8. Relatives: Married to: Jesse G. McKethen, June 27, 1931 in in Chicago, IL

8.b. preceded in death by: He died March 24, 1996
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Daughter: Jill Herzog, Topeka, KS
Son: Jack G. McKethen, Crete, IL
3: Grandchildren
4: Great-grandchildren


9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 3:00 pm, Monday, December 16, 2002 at
Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel.

10. Burial: Prairie Home Cemetery Topeka, Kansas

11. Visitation times, place: Loretta McKethen will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel after after 9
am Sunday
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:

13. Memorial contributions, if any: Helping Hands Humane Society, 2625 NWW Rochester Road, 66618
or to Heart of America Hospice, 3715 SW 29th, 66614

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