Burgess Rennels, Sr.
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Memorial services for Burgess W. Rennels, Sr., Topeka, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 1, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He died on October 24, 2010 at his home.
Mr. Rennels was born May 14, 1927, in Eudora, Kansas, the son of William Henry and Illia Mary Lewis Rennels.
He graduated from Eudora High School. Following his graduation, he served in the U.S. Army in World World II.
Mr. Rennels was self employed.
Burgess married Gladys DeMoss in 1952 in Denver, Colorado and they later divorced.
He is survived by one daughter, Illia June Bateson, Topeka, KS; three sons, Burgess James Rennels, Washington, D.C., Burgess W. Rennels, Jr., Lawrence, KS and Otho George Rennels, Lawrence, KS; seven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
Memorials may be made to Burgess W. Rennels, Sr. Memorial Fund and may be sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
I am the daughter of Leo and Margo Smith, and the brother of David Smith. I have had the privilege of knowing the Rennels family for as long as I can remember. ’Reggie’, in particular, has left fond memories with me everytime I visited LMH. His loving kindness was only a product of the family he came from. My heart goes out to the Rennels family. We are all losing a good man.
I am the daughter of Leo and Margo Smith, and the brother of David Smith. I have had the privilege of knowing the Rennels family for as long as I can remember. ’Reggie’, in particular, has left fond memories with me everytime I visited LMH. His loving kindness was only a product of the family he came from. My heart goes out to the Rennels family. We are all losing a good man.