DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL HIGHLAND CHAPEL
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1. Full Name: Raymond J. Hastings Age: 82 Years
2. Current address: Of Topeka
3. Date of death: Sunday, May 25, 2003
4 Place of death: a Topeka hospital
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: March 14, 1921 Place of birth: Topeka, Kansas
6.b. Parents: Joseph and Mabel Barncord Hastings
6.c. Years in current city/town:
7. Background: He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1940. He was an Army veteran of WWII serving in the
417th Infantry. He was a self-employed contractor. He was of the Methodist Faith.
8. Relatives: Married to: Esther Jones, July 5, 1941 in Oskaloosa. She survives.
8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Son: Roger Ray & wife Charlotte Hastings, Lawrence, Ks
Four Grandchildren
Nine Great-Grandchildren
Many Nieces and Nephews
9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00 a.m, Wednesday at Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel.
10. Burial: Topeka Cemetery where military honors will be presented by Philip Billard Post No. 1650, V.F.W.
11. Visitation times, place: Mr. Hastings will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel after 3:00 p.m. Tuesday where the
family will receive friends from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:
13. Memorial contributions, if any: Raymond J. Hastings Memorial Fund c/o Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel, 2843 S.E.
Minnesota Ave., Topeka, Ks. 66605
Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel, 2843 SE Minnesota Ave, Topeka, Kansas
Director: Brian M. Voigt 785-266-6700