DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: NEWCOMER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Family contact name and telephone number: Gary Christian 785-806-2203 (Husband)
1. Full Name: Margaret Rose Christian Age: 64 Years Sex: F
2. Current address: Topeka
3. Date of death: , October 28, 2002
4 Place of death: Residence
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: February 18, 1938 Place of birth: Topeka, KS
6.b. Parents: Hugh Colhouer Martha Tripp Colhouer
6.c. Years in current city/town: 50 years
7. Background: Graduated Topeka High School in 1957. She attended Washburn University and became an
l;icensed EMT. She was employed at the Topeka Fire Dept for 9 years and then volunteer fireman and treasurer
for many years in the Kaw Township Fire Dept. In 1966 she was married to Gary Christian in Topeka. He
survives.
8. Relatives:
8.b. preceded in death by: Sister, Leslie Hoffman and both parents
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Husband: Gary Christian, Topeka, KS; 4 Sisters: Lynn Colhouer of Colorado Springs, CO; Twin
sisters, Merna Bishop of Tulsa, OK, and Mary Ketterman of Carbondale, KS; and Louise Colhouer of Topeka, KS.
9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 10:00am, Friday, November 1, 2002 at Newcomer
Family Funeral Home.
10. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery Topeka, Kansas
11. Visitation times, place: Margaret Rose Christian will lie in state at Newcomer Family Funeral Home
where the family will receive friends from 9 to 10 on Friday at Newcomer Family Funeral Home .
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other: None
13. Memorial contributions, if any: None
14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
Director: Sue Brueggemann