Michael Ronald Turnbull
CARBONDALE - Michael Ronald Turnbull, 18, Carbondale, died Thursday, Feb 26 at Wichita.
Wichita police said Mr. Turnbull was shot to death in a health club exercise room. A suspect is in custody.
Mr. Turnbull was a student at Amteck, a vocational technical school, and was a student mechanic at Erotec, both in Wichita.
He was born June 27, 1968, at Fredonia, a son of Michael Edward and Joan Patricia Anderson Turnbull. He lived most of his life in the Overbrook area and attended Overbrook schools. He graduated from Santa Fe Trail High School in 1986. He was a four-year member of the football and wrestling teams at the high school.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Turnbull, Carbondale, a sister, Renee Turnbull, Carbondale; two brothers, Gary LaMastres, Ottawa, and Gail Houghtoling, Topeka; and a grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Turnbull, Alma.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church in Overbrook. Burial will be in Overbrook Cemetery. Mr. Turnbull will lie in state from 2 until 9 p.m. Sunday at Greenwood-Roberts Funeral Home in Overbrook and after noon Monday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Santa Fe Trail High School Athletic Department in care of the funeral home.
Topeka Capital-Journal
Feb. 28, 1987
pg. 28
My thanks to Mark Rustman at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library for looking up and sending me a copy of the above obituary. I got a tip that the library will do obituary lookups, and they do!
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2 comments:
My cousin and Uncle were both in that gym the day of the shooting. My cousin was just a 13 at the time and is still haunted by this tragedy. He still dreams that he could have done something to stop Gary Cox.
Michael is my uncle...it was a very unfortunate situation. He is still missed and always will be.
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