DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PARKER-PRICE MORTUARY
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1. Full Name: Mr. Kenneth L. Lord Age: 86 Years Sex: M
2. Current address: Topeka, Kansas
3. Date of death: Tuesday, September 24, 2002
4 Place of death: Midland Hospice House, Topeka, Kansas
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: June 5, 1916 Place of birth: Beattie, Kansas
6.b. Parents: Andrew J. and Alice May (Lewis) Lord
6.c. Years in current city/town: Lived in Topeka, KS since 1945
7. Background: Mr. Lord was graduated from Frankfort Public Schools. He served in the U.S. Army with the
509th Military Police Battalion during World War II and he served in the European-African-Middle Eastern
Theatre serving in Normandy, Northern France, and Rhineland. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal
and the American Defense Service Ribbon. He was a millman at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s Topeka
Plant for over 30 years before retiring. He was a member of the East Topeka United Methodist Church;
Philip Billard Post # 1650, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Oakland I.O.O.F. Lodge # 640; Shawnee
Encampment # 3; Flo Menninger Bible Study; Topeka Y.M.C.A.; Local #307 and Topeka Genealogical
Society.
8. Relatives: Married to: Verla I. Anderson, February 14, 1946 at East Topeka Methodist Church
Parsonage; Topeka, Kansas.
8.b. preceded in death by: Parents: Andrew J. and Alice May (Lewis) Lord
Brother: Arnold L. Lord
Sister: Creta McMillan
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Wife: Verla I. Lord, Topeka, KS
Brother: Leo N. Lord, Rossville, KS
Sister: Donna D. Hale, Montrose, CO
Sister: Helen M. Simpson, Topeka, KS
9. Service time, day, date, place: Graveside Services will be at 1:30 p.m., Friday, September 27, 2002 at
the Frankfort Cemetery.
10. Burial: Frankfort Cemetery Frankfort, Marshall Co., Kansas
11. Visitation times, place: Mr. Kenneth Lord will lie in state at Parker-Price Mortuary after 2:00 p.m.
Thursday September 26, 2002 where the family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday
September 26, 2002 .
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:
13. Memorial contributions, if any: East Topeka United Methodist Church708 S.E. Lime Topeka, KS 66607
or Midland Hospice House 200 S.W. Frazier Cir. Topeka, KS 66606 or Charity of Donor's Choice.
14. Funeral home in charge: Parker-Price Mortuary, 245 NW Independence, Topeka, KS 66608.
Director: Jeff Hurst