DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: NEWCOMER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Family contact name and telephone number: Mindy Iams 785-266-5993 (Wife)
1. Full Name: Robert Ernest Iams Age: 68 Years Sex: M
2. Current address: Topeka
3. Date of death: , December 11, 2002
4 Place of death: Topeka VA Hospital
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: May 30, 1934 Place of birth: Dwight, KS
6.b. Parents: William E. Iams Millie May Seley
6.c. Years in current city/town: Lifetime in Topeka and surrounding areas.
7. Background: He grew up and attended schools in Topeka. He attended College in California, the served in
the Navy for 4 years. He spent 17 years in the Civil Service. He presently was the Pastor of the Terra Heights
Baptist Church in Topeka. Before that he was Pastor in several other churches, including Onega and Manhattan.
He was a member of the Ministerial Alliance of Topeka.. On January 29, 1971 he was married to Mindy Lee in
Seoul, South Korea. She survives.
8. Relatives:
8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Wife: Mindy Iams, Topeka; 1 Son: Mark Iams. 1 Step-son: Kim Jun Soon, of South Korea; 2
Granddaughters of South Korea; 2 Sisters: Ann Fultz of Sun City CA, and Carlene Iams of Sun City, CA.
9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 1:00 pm, Monday, December 16, 2002 at Terra
Heights Baptist Church.
10. Burial: Topeka Cemetery Topeka, Kansas
11. Visitation times, place: Robert Ernest Iams will lie in state Terra Heights Baptist Church where the
family will receive friends from 12 noon until 1:00 on Monday .
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other: None
13. Memorial contributions, if any: Contributions to the Robert Iams Funeral Fund Appreciated.
14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
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Director: Sue Brueggemann