Passed away at a local hospice house.S/O William and Augusta Christian Mehl. He graduated from Holyrood High School in 1935. After graduation, he moved to Wichita and joined the Wichita Fire Dept. in 1942. He retired from the fire dept. in 1967 and moved to Topeka, where he worked for the State of Kansas in the Kansas Insurance Dept. He retired from the state in 1982. He served as secretary of Local 666 International Association of Fire Fighters for 20 years, secretary of the Kansas State Fire Fighters Association for 12 years, and president of the Sedgwick County Muscular Dystrophy Association for many years. He was a veteran of WWII and served in the US Navy as a firefighter in the South Pacific in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. He was honorably discharged from the Navy. He was a life member of the American Legion Post #1 in Topeka and the VFW Post #112 in Wichita. He married Elizabeth M. "Betty" Block on Feb. 24, 1939. She preceded him in death. Survivors include: son, William Ted Mehl, Lawrence; daughter, Melissa G. Haug, Topeka; grandchildren, Matthew C. Haug, Ithaca, NY, Seth W. Mehl, New York City, Rachel E. Mehl, Lawrence; sister, Della Mueller, Ocala, FL. A memorial service will be held at the Faith Lutheran Church on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. with inurnment at Mount Hope Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice Care Inc., 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606 or Faith Lutheran Church, 1716 SW Gage, Topeka, KS 66604.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/15/2005.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/15/2005.
Passed away at a local hospice house.S/O William and Augusta Christian Mehl. He graduated from Holyrood High School in 1935. After graduation, he moved to Wichita and joined the Wichita Fire Dept. in 1942. He retired from the fire dept. in 1967 and moved to Topeka, where he worked for the State of Kansas in the Kansas Insurance Dept. He retired from the state in 1982. He served as secretary of Local 666 International Association of Fire Fighters for 20 years, secretary of the Kansas State Fire Fighters Association for 12 years, and president of the Sedgwick County Muscular Dystrophy Association for many years. He was a veteran of WWII and served in the US Navy as a firefighter in the South Pacific in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. He was honorably discharged from the Navy. He was a life member of the American Legion Post #1 in Topeka and the VFW Post #112 in Wichita. He married Elizabeth M. "Betty" Block on Feb. 24, 1939. She preceded him in death. Survivors include: son, William Ted Mehl, Lawrence; daughter, Melissa G. Haug, Topeka; grandchildren, Matthew C. Haug, Ithaca, NY, Seth W. Mehl, New York City, Rachel E. Mehl, Lawrence; sister, Della Mueller, Ocala, FL. A memorial service will be held at the Faith Lutheran Church on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. with inurnment at Mount Hope Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice Care Inc., 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606 or Faith Lutheran Church, 1716 SW Gage, Topeka, KS 66604.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/15/2005.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/15/2005.
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