Daniel Dinkle

1. Full Name: Daniel Frank Dinkle Age: 74 Years Sex: M

2. Current address: Topeka

3. Date of death: Thursday , October 10, 2002

4 Place of death: His residence

5. Cause of death:

6. Date of birth: December 15, 1927 Place of birth: Topeka Kansas,

6.b. Parents: Frank T. and Grace Elizabeth Sutton Dinkle

6.c. Years in current city/town:

7. Background: Mr. Dinkle graduated from Highland Park High School in 1945. He worked as a rate clerk
for Santa Fe Trail & Transportation Company for 39 years before retiring. He also served as the news editor for
Topeka Terminal for the Santa Fe magazine. He wa a member of Lowman United Methodist Church. He loved
traveling, having visited 48 of the 50 states. He also was actively involved in his family's genealogy, having traced
his family back to Strasbourg, France.


8. Relatives: Married to: Velma Fae Soudek on Feb. 8, 1959 in Topeka

8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Wife: Velma Fae Dinkle, Topeka
Son: Douglas D. Dinkle, Topeka, KS
Daughter: Diana F. Howe, Merriam, KS
Daughter: Denise L. Gamba, Shawnee, KS
4: Grandchildren



9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday at Newcomer Family Funeral Home.


10. Entombment: Memorial Park Mausoleum Topeka, Kansas

11. Visitation times, place:

12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:

13. Memorial contributions, if any: Stormont-Vail Hospice, 2252 SW 10th Ave., 66604 or Lowman
United Methodist Church, 15th &Gage Blvd, 66604

14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
Director: Fred Holroyd