Merle C Steele

1911 - 2000  (88 years)

• Name	Merle C Steele
  Born	14 Nov 1911	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Jan 2000	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6470	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Lloyd B Steele,   b. 1887, West Virginia ,   d. 27 Dec 1950, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Nettie Lemon Steele,   b. 19 Jan 1893,   d. 19 May 1951  (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F7808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gladys Woodward Owen Steele,   d. Nov 1995
  Married	6 May 1939
  Children	1. Patricia Steele Finson,   d. 1993   2. Charles Steele,   d. 1997   3. Jackie Steele Gomel   4. Mary Jo Steele Finson
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2018 15:38:21
  Family ID	F7810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Steele, Merle Merle C. Steele Merle C. Steele, 88, Topeka, died Monday, January 31, 2000, at a Topeka nursing home. Mr. Steele was a firefighter for the city of Topeka from 193 to 1962, and he served as City Fire marshal from 1962 until he retired in 1965. He also had been a claims adjuster for various insurance companies and he was a finish carpenter. He was bon Nov. 14, 1911, in Rossville, the son of Loyd and Nettie Lemon Steele. He graduated from Maple Hill High School and he attended Purdue University for arson investigation training. E moved to Topeka from the Maple Hill area in 1933. He married Gladys Woodward Owen on May 6, 1939. She died in Nov. 1995. Mr. Steele also was preceded in death by a son, Charles Steele in 1997, and a daughter, Patricia Finson in 1993. Survivors include two daughters, Jackie Gomel and Mary Jo Finson, both of Topeka; three brothers, Norman Steele and the Rev. Carl Steele, both of Topeka and Loyd “Dale” Steele, Denver City, Texas; four sisters, Wanda Godlove, Edna Snook and Ethyl Klass, all of Topeka, and Ruby Blossom, Warner-Robbins, Ga.; 14 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. His service was at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home, Topeka. Burial was in Rochester Cemetery. Relatives and friends met Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association or the AWANA of the First Baptist Church, Topeka, and sent in care of the funeral home.