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Nov 8, 1962.
Margaret Gunn
86, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at her home after a short
illness. She was born December 11, 1919 in Topeka, the daughter of Thomas and Pearl
Hopkins. Margaret was raised and grew up in Reading, Kansas along with her siblings and
was a 1936 graduate of Reading High School. She moved to Topeka in 1937 and attended
Stricklers Business School. She went to work for the V.A. Hospital where she met her
husband, Glenn N. Gunn. They were married on April 27, 1947 in Reading, Kansas. She
was a legal secretary for several years and worked for USD 501 for 11 years, retiring in
1975. She was an active member of First Southern Baptist Church and was an avid reader.
She was fond of knitting, helping in the church library, and volunteering in many church
activities. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn, in July of 2000, a son Robert
Lynn in May, 1964, three brothers and two sisters. Survivors include a daughter, Gwenda
Wilcox and her husband James; two sons, Glenn N. Gunn and Thomas Gunn and his wife
Judy, all of Topeka; six grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren, and several nieces and
nephews. Mrs. Gunn will lie in state after 2:00 pm, Monday, December 19 at Penwell-Gabel
Mid Town Chapel where the family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 pm that evening.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, December 20 at the funeral home with
burial to follow at 2:30 pm that afternoon in the Reading Cemetery in Reading, Kansas.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Topeka Rescue Mission, Inc. 600 N. Kansas
Ave., P.O. Box 8550, Topeka, Kansas 66608-0350 or to Helping Hands Humane Society,
2625 NW. Rochester Rd, Topeka, Kansas 66617
Margaret Gunn
Mrs. Margaret Ann Gunn, 79, Carthage, died Sunday June 11, 1978, at Keokuk Area East
Hospital Sunday at 12:30 p.m.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with the Rev. John Weishar officiating. Burial
will be in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday until
the time of services. The Rosary will be recited Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Neiser
Funeral Home in Carthage. Pallbearers will be Michael Gunn, Earl Hopkins, Gail
Hopkins, Edward Markey, Stephen Markey, and Ronald Martens. Mrs. Gunn was born
Sept. 6, 1898 in Wakonda, S.D., the daughter of Thomas and Winifred Sharkey Buckley.
She married Lawrence M. Gunn on Oct. 18, 1920 at Sioux City, Iowa.She is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Dale (Evelyn) Markey, Hamilton, and Mrs. George (Loraine) Hopkins,
Williamstown, Mo.; two sons, Everett of Carthage and Philip of Mesa, Ariz.; 27
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Also, one sister, Mrs. E. M. (Mary E.) Boos of
Huntington Park, Calif. She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother.
Margaret Gunn,
84, died in a Corpus Christi hospital on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, following a short illness.
Mrs. Gunn was born on Aug. 4, 1921, in Skiatook, Okla., to James and May Bell (Gordon)
Long. She was an office manager for Southwestern Bell in Mathis. She was preceded in
death by her parents; and her husband, Charles J. Gunn, on June 13, 1981. Survivors
include one daughter, Connie (Billy) Bruce of Three Rivers; three granddaughters, Debbie
(David) Van Cleave, Tammy (Pat) Copeland and Sharon Saenz, all of Three Rivers; and six