Rempel, Paul L. (1924-2003)

Newton Kansan obituary: 2003 Feb 18 p. 2

Birth date: 1924 Mar 8

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Feb 24 p. 12

text of obituary:

Paul L. Rempel, 78, of Manhattan, Kan., died Feb. 14, 2003, at Mercy Regional Health Center. He was born March 8, 1924, to Jacob E. and Liese (Balzer) Rempel in Hillsboro.

He married Nellie Schmidt on June 1, 1951, at Tabor Mennonite Church in Marion County.

He graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1942 and attended Bethel College in North Newton. He was a Manhattan resident since 1962, moving there from Hillsboro.

He was a technician for the Marion County ABA for 11 years prior to working for the Kansas State Artificial Breeding Service Unit as laboratory manager for 27 years, retiring in 1989. Originally a member of Bruderthal Mennonite Church, he was a founding member of Manhattan Mennonite Church. He harbored a lifelong passion for peace issues. He enjoyed inventing and building equipment for the lab, gardening, traveling and hiking in the mountains.

Survivors include his wife, Nellie; six children, Don Rempel of St. Louis, Mo., Laura Klocke and her husband, Richard, of Lawrence, Terry Rempel and his wife, Sara, of Manhattan, Trudy Rempel and her husband, Richard Schulz, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., Lisa Rempel and her husband, Kevin Bertrandt, of Gilbert, Ariz., and Audrey Hunter and her husband, Perry, of Portland, Ore.; a sister, Lula Klaassen and her husband, Herman, of Newton; a brother-in-law, Clarence Unrau of North Newton; a sister-in-law, Frances Rempel of Hillsboro, and seven grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held at Manhattan Mennonite Church.