Norville G Wingate

1906 - 1992  (86 years)

• Name	Norville G Wingate
  Born	17 Apr 1906	Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jul 1992	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I7082	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Anthony Earl Wingate
  Mother	Elta D Gregory Wingate
  Family ID	F5630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Burrow Wingate
  Married	Jun 1940	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Margaret Wingate Elstun   2. Carolyn Wingate Zimmerman   3. Gregory Wingate
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2017 11:29:59
  Family ID	F5631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Wingate, Norville Norville G. Wingate Norville G. Wingate, 86, Topeka, died Friday, July 10, 1992, at a Topeka retirement home. Mr. Wingate joined Commerce Bank and Trust of Topeka in 1960, where he was senior vice president and a member of the board of directors for 32 years. He previously was executive director of Urban Renewal of Topeka during the planning, acquisition and relocation phases of the program. He and a partner founded radio station KTOP in 1947 in Topeka. He also owned farm implement businesses in Rossville and Emporia and was active in the ranching and cattle businesses. He began working for Phillips Petroleum Company in Kansas City, Mo., then was transferred to Topeka as a manager in June 1940. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was born April 17, 1906, in Sedalia, Mo., the son of Anthony Earl and Elta D. Gregory Wingate. He attended schools in St. Joseph and Kansas City. He was a guard on the Amateur Athletic Union basketball team that won the championship of the United States in 1928. Mr. Wingate was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Topeka Rotary Club, chamber of commerce, Capitol Post No. 1 of the American Legion and Topeka Country Club. He was treasurer 25 years on the board of Cerebral Palsy in Topeka. He also was a 50-year member of Temple Masonic Lodge in Kansas City, Mo. He was married to Frances Burrow of Topeka in June 1940. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Margaret Wingate Elstun, Atlanta, Ga., and Carolyn Wingate Zimmerman, Denver, Colo.; a son, Dr. Gregory Burrow Wingate, Phoenix, Ariz.; and four grandchildren. Services were 10 a.m. Monday in First Presbyterian Church. Entombment was in Mount Hope Mausoleum. Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home was in charge of arrangement. Memorial contributions may be made to Cerebral Palsy of Topeka, in care of the Capper Foundation, 3500 S.W. 10th, Topeka 66606; St. Francis Hospital Foundation, 1700 S.W. 7th, Topeka 66606; or First Presbyterian Church, 817 S.W. Harrison, Topeka 66612