DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL HIGHLAND CHAPEL
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1. Full Name: Richard L. "Gus" Hildenbrand Age: 60 Years
2. Current address: of Lecompton
3. Date of death: Wednesday, June 25, 2003
4 Place of death: Topeka Hospital
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: October 7, 1942 Place of birth: Topeka, Kansas
6.b. Parents: Wilbur Hildenbrand and Helen Frye
6.c. Years in current city/town: He lived in the Topeka and Lecompton area his entire life.
7. Background: He graduated from Lecompton High School in 1960. He was an Army veteran. He was employed by
Allis-Chalmers as a welder. He then went to work for Goodyear for 32 years. He was a member of the Stull United Methodist Church,
Local Rubber Workers Union No. 307 and the Lecompton Historical Society.
8. Relatives: Married to: Rhonda L. Swallow, May 29, 1994 in Stull, Kansas. She survives
8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Wife: Rhonda Hildenbrand, Lecompton, KS
Step-Son: Riley W. Childers, Lecompton, KS
Step-Daughter: Rachel L. Childers, Lecompton, KS
Mother: Helen Hildenbrand, Tecumseh, KS
Brother: Robert Hildenbrand, Tupulo, MS
Sister: Donna Jean Levings, Davenport, IA
9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 28, 2003 at Stull United Methodist Church.
10. Burial: Stull Cemetery in Stull, Kansas
11. Visitation times, place: Mr. Hildenbrand will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel after 2:00 p.m. on Friday
where the family will receive friends from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:
13. Memorial contributions, if any: Lecompton Historical Society C/O Betty Leslie, 625 E. 7th Street, Lecompton, KS 66050
Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel, 2843 SE Minnesota Ave, Topeka, Kansas
Director: Brian M. Voigt