LYNDON, Kan. – Maxine Warren, 95, passed away Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, surrounded by loved ones at Aldersgate Village, Topeka, Kan. She was born March 28, 1925, near Vassar, Kan., the daughter of John and Eldora Storbeck Middleton.
Maxine grew up in the Overbrook and Lyndon, Kan., communities, had lived in the Highland Park area of Topeka from 1945 to 1963, and then lived north of Lyndon until moving into town in 1975.
Maxine had been a teacher in a one-room school north of Lyndon until she married. She was a homemaker, and worked at Lyndon schools as a cook for several years. She was a member of the Lyndon United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women.
On July 16, 1945, Maxine was married to Glenn Warren, in Independence, Mo.
Maxine was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn, April 27, 2001; two granddaughters, Denise Smith and Jeanie Spiker; and a sister, Nancy Decock.
Maxine is survived by her five children, Sheryl Gerhardt, of Campbellsville, Ky., Janet Ward, Lyndon, Donald Warren, Oklahoma City, Okla., Doug Warren, Silver Lake, Kan., and Dennis Warren, Abilene, Kan.; two brothers, Charles Middleton, Dallas, Texas, and Galen Middleton, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; sister, Phyllis Wilson, Sun City, Ariz.; an 13 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Feltner Funeral Chapel, Lyndon. The family will receive friends 6:30-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Vassar Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Lyndon United Methodist Women, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. Condolences can be left at feltnerfuneralhome.com.
