DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL HIGHLAND CHAPEL
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1. Full Name: Patricia Diane Schemm Zirkle Age: 55 Years Sex: Female
2. Current address: Leavenworth, Kansas
3. Date of death: Tuesday , December 3, 2002
4 Place of death: KU Medical Center
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: January 26, 1947 Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6.b. Parents: Ralph William & Dena Fern Huyett Schemm
6.c. Years in current city/town: 9 years
7. Background:
Mrs. Zirkle graduated from Lebo High School in 1965. She has lived in Leavenworth for the last 9 years.
She worked at the Maynard Restaurant and Blue Cross Blue Shield in Topeka and then at Osage Manor in Osage
City. She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Emporia, Kansas.
8. Relatives: Married to: Robert Zirkle, December 12, 1970 in Emporia, Kansas.
8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Husband: Robert Zirkle, Leavenworth, Kansas
Son: Travis Allen Zirkle, Los Angeles, California
Son: Brian Lee Zirkle, Eudora, Kansas
Father: Ralph William, Neosho Rapids, Kansas
Brother: Ronald Schemm, Lebo, Kansas
Sister: Pamela Coats, Lebo, Kansas
9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 6, 2002 at
Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel in Topeka.
10. Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Berryton, Kansas
11. Visitation times, place: Mrs. Zirkle will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel after 1:00 p.m. on
Thursday where the family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:
13. Memorial contributions, if any: Multiple Sclerosis Society - Eastern Kansas Chapter
5350 S.W. 17th Street, Topeka, Kansas 66604
14. Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel, 2843 SE Minnesota Ave, Topeka, Kansas
Jody A. Napier, Director 785-266-6700