Twila Stapel 1931-2015
Twila June Stapel, 84, Topeka, died Friday, July 10, 2015, at her home.
She was born May 26, 1931, in Sidney, Neb., the daughter of Russell Brown and Ella Marie Davis Kinkade. She was a 1949 graduate of Hoyt High School and received a bachelor’s degree from Washburn University in 1972.
Mrs. Stapel was employed as a social worker, retiring from Let’s Help.
She was a member of Meriden United Methodist Church.
She married Robert Henry Stapel on Feb. 10, 1952, at Hoyt Methodist Church. He survives.
Other survivors include three children, Rita Chapman and husband Thomas, Hoyt, Rhonda Sand and husband Bill, Topeka, and Kyle Stapel, Meriden; three grandchildren, Lindsey Sharp and husband Kevin, Douglas Sand and Kyle Stapel II; a great-granddaughter, Ryan Sharp; and two siblings, Frances Smith, Manhattan, and Gary Kinkade and wife Jan, Brownwood, Texas.
A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Meriden United Methodist Church, Main and Dawson streets, Meriden. Interment will follow in Meriden Cemetery. Mrs. Stapel will lie in state after 3 p.m. Wednesday at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, 245 N.W. Independence Ave., Topeka, where family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to Helping Hands Humane Society, 5720 S.W. 21st St., Topeka, KS 66604-3720; Midland Care, 200 S.W. Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606-2800; or Meriden United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 520, Meriden, KS 66512.
