HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6022
A RESOLUTION honoring the life and public service of Gayle Lavern Mollenkamp.
WHEREAS, Gayle Lavern Mollenkamp, a former Kansas
Representative from 1984-2000, passed away peacefully at the age of 93
on March 6, 2023, while surrounded by his family at his home in
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, after a long life dedicated to public service; and
WHEREAS, Mollenkamp was born in Trego County, Kansas, on
November 30, 1929. He was the second of two children born to Walter
and Elsie (Jesse) Mollenkamp; and
WHEREAS, Mollenkamp was married to Marilyn Farmer and had
three children including Lorelei (Mollenkamp) Edwards, Dwight
Mollenkamp and Mark Mollenkamp; and
WHEREAS, Mollenkamp served as a Logan County Commissioner for
15 years, a member of the Russell Springs School Board, and a Kansas
Representative for the 118th District for 16 years; and
WHEREAS, Mollenkamp was a church member, a cabinet member of
the Men for Missions International, a member of the Soil Conservation
Board and the northwest Kansas Highway Officials Association and a
participant in Pilot for Wings for Missions; and
WHEREAS, Mollenkamp's greatest loves were God, family, farming,
ranching and serving his community in many ways: Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas:
That we honor the life and public service of Gayle Lavern Mollenkamp
and extend our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.
House Resolution No. 6022 was sponsored by Representatives Rep. Jim
Minnix and Rep. Barbara Ballard
I hereby certify that the above RESOLUTION originated in the HOUSE, and
was adopted by that body


Speaker of the House.

Chief Clerk of the House.