William "Bill" G. Trimmell

William “Bill” Glenn Trimmell, 90, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2009 at Stormont-Vail Health Center of Topeka. Bill was born February 6, 1919 in Altoona, Kansas, the son of Ernest L and Maggie (Steenhoek) Trimmell. At an early age, he moved to Elk County, near Longton, Kansas. There, he attended a rural grade school, Hartford, and Longton High School. His family moved to Wilson County, near Coyville during his senior year, and he graduated from Coyville High School. He then attended and graduated from Pittsburg State, receiving his Bachelors and Masters Degree in School Administration in 1950. Bill taught school in Wilson County and was Superintendent at Coyville for several years before moving to Sedgwick, Kansas where he was Superintendent from 1950 to 1963. He was also the Principal and Superintendent in Anthony, Kansas from 1963 to 1967. He moved to Wamego and was the Wamego High School Principal from 1967 until 1974. In 1974, retired from the school administration and joined the Burgess Real Estate firm in Wamego, where he worked until retiring in 1984. He and his family also managed rental houses for many years in addition to managing their Wilson County farm. He was a long time member of the First United Methodist Church of Wamego, where he volunteered for several offices, and served on the Wamego Public Library board for several years. Bill was an active participant in the Senior Olympics, and the Kansas Sunflower State Games. He and Ellen traveled extensively for him to participate in the meets. In 1995, he qualified to compete in the national meets in Texas and Louisiana, placing second and third in the shot-put. He married Ellen Ridlon, September 10, 1949 in Girard, Kansas. She survives of the home. Bill is also survived by two sons, Roger Trimmell and his wife Vikki, of McPherson, Kansas, and Kent Trimmell and his wife Shannon, of Salina, Kansas; eight grandchildren, Emily, Allison, Joshua, Kate, Elle, Lauren, Luke, and Cole. He was preceded in death by his two brothers, John and Sidney, and his sister, Anna. Funeral services will be held Monday, May11 at 10:00 a.m., at the First United Methodist Church of Wamego. Burial will be in the Wamego City Cemetery. Mr. Trimmell will lie in-state at the Stewart Funeral Home of Wamego beginning at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, where the family will greet friends during a visitation from 7:00 until 8:30 p.m. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Wamego First United Methodist Church Building Fund and may be left in care of the Stewart Funeral Home of Wamego, P.O. Box 48, Wamego, KS 66547.