Lowell Gish
BALDWIN CITY -- Lowell Arthur Gish, 73, Baldwin City, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, at a Lawrence hospital.
Mr. Gish was chairman of the education department at Baker University from 1963 until he retired in 1995. He later taught and served in various capacities at Haskell Indian Nations University. He began his career as a teacher and coach at Wilmore in 1949. He served as the elementary school principal in Kinsley for three years and then as superintendent of the Wilmore Schools until he moved to Ottawa in 1956. He was principal at Ottawa Junior High School for several years before he joined the staff at Baker University. He also served in the Merchant Marine in 1945 and 1946.
He was born June 30, 1927, in Greeley, Colo., the son of Lee Nash and Rose Bedford Gish. He was raised in Kingman and graduated from Kingman High School. He earned a bachelor's degree at Southwestern College in Winfield in 1949 and later earned a master's degree and his doctorate at The University of Kansas.
Mr. Gish was a member of First United Methodist Church in Baldwin City, Phi Delta Kappa and the Douglas County Democratic Party.
He married Enola McClaren on Aug. 14, 1948, at Lewis. She survives.
Other survivors include two sons, David Gish, Topeka, and Stephen Gish, Tonganoxie; two daughters, Juanita Reiter, Hillsboro, Ore.; and Diana Gish Truckfield, Barrow, Alaska; and 10 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church. Inurnment at Oakwood Cemetery near Baldwin City will be private. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Osborne Chapel on the Baker University campus.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lowell Gish Memorial Fund to benefit the Education Department at Baker University and sent in care of Lamb-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home in Baldwin City.
BALDWIN CITY -- Lowell Arthur Gish, 73, Baldwin City, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, at a Lawrence hospital.
Mr. Gish was chairman of the education department at Baker University from 1963 until he retired in 1995. He later taught and served in various capacities at Haskell Indian Nations University. He began his career as a teacher and coach at Wilmore in 1949. He served as the elementary school principal in Kinsley for three years and then as superintendent of the Wilmore Schools until he moved to Ottawa in 1956. He was principal at Ottawa Junior High School for several years before he joined the staff at Baker University. He also served in the Merchant Marine in 1945 and 1946.
He was born June 30, 1927, in Greeley, Colo., the son of Lee Nash and Rose Bedford Gish. He was raised in Kingman and graduated from Kingman High School. He earned a bachelor's degree at Southwestern College in Winfield in 1949 and later earned a master's degree and his doctorate at The University of Kansas.
Mr. Gish was a member of First United Methodist Church in Baldwin City, Phi Delta Kappa and the Douglas County Democratic Party.
He married Enola McClaren on Aug. 14, 1948, at Lewis. She survives.
Other survivors include two sons, David Gish, Topeka, and Stephen Gish, Tonganoxie; two daughters, Juanita Reiter, Hillsboro, Ore.; and Diana Gish Truckfield, Barrow, Alaska; and 10 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church. Inurnment at Oakwood Cemetery near Baldwin City will be private. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Osborne Chapel on the Baker University campus.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lowell Gish Memorial Fund to benefit the Education Department at Baker University and sent in care of Lamb-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home in Baldwin City.
Lowell Gish
BALDWIN CITY -- Lowell Arthur Gish, 73, Baldwin City, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, at a Lawrence hospital.
Mr. Gish was chairman of the education department at Baker University from 1963 until he retired in 1995. He later taught and served in various capacities at Haskell Indian Nations University. He began his career as a teacher and coach at Wilmore in 1949. He served as the elementary school principal in Kinsley for three years and then as superintendent of the Wilmore Schools until he moved to Ottawa in 1956. He was principal at Ottawa Junior High School for several years before he joined the staff at Baker University. He also served in the Merchant Marine in 1945 and 1946.
He was born June 30, 1927, in Greeley, Colo., the son of Lee Nash and Rose Bedford Gish. He was raised in Kingman and graduated from Kingman High School. He earned a bachelor's degree at Southwestern College in Winfield in 1949 and later earned a master's degree and his doctorate at The University of Kansas.
Mr. Gish was a member of First United Methodist Church in Baldwin City, Phi Delta Kappa and the Douglas County Democratic Party.
He married Enola McClaren on Aug. 14, 1948, at Lewis. She survives.
Other survivors include two sons, David Gish, Topeka, and Stephen Gish, Tonganoxie; two daughters, Juanita Reiter, Hillsboro, Ore.; and Diana Gish Truckfield, Barrow, Alaska; and 10 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church. Inurnment at Oakwood Cemetery near Baldwin City will be private. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Osborne Chapel on the Baker University campus.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lowell Gish Memorial Fund to benefit the Education Department at Baker University and sent in care of Lamb-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home in Baldwin City.
BALDWIN CITY -- Lowell Arthur Gish, 73, Baldwin City, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, at a Lawrence hospital.
Mr. Gish was chairman of the education department at Baker University from 1963 until he retired in 1995. He later taught and served in various capacities at Haskell Indian Nations University. He began his career as a teacher and coach at Wilmore in 1949. He served as the elementary school principal in Kinsley for three years and then as superintendent of the Wilmore Schools until he moved to Ottawa in 1956. He was principal at Ottawa Junior High School for several years before he joined the staff at Baker University. He also served in the Merchant Marine in 1945 and 1946.
He was born June 30, 1927, in Greeley, Colo., the son of Lee Nash and Rose Bedford Gish. He was raised in Kingman and graduated from Kingman High School. He earned a bachelor's degree at Southwestern College in Winfield in 1949 and later earned a master's degree and his doctorate at The University of Kansas.
Mr. Gish was a member of First United Methodist Church in Baldwin City, Phi Delta Kappa and the Douglas County Democratic Party.
He married Enola McClaren on Aug. 14, 1948, at Lewis. She survives.
Other survivors include two sons, David Gish, Topeka, and Stephen Gish, Tonganoxie; two daughters, Juanita Reiter, Hillsboro, Ore.; and Diana Gish Truckfield, Barrow, Alaska; and 10 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church. Inurnment at Oakwood Cemetery near Baldwin City will be private. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Osborne Chapel on the Baker University campus.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lowell Gish Memorial Fund to benefit the Education Department at Baker University and sent in care of Lamb-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home in Baldwin City.
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