Nathaniel Trinkle

Nathaniel L. Trinkle, 17, of Olathe, Kan., passed away Saturday, July 14, 2012. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 19, at Penwell- Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, July 20, at College Church of Nazarene. Family and friends are invited to attend a celebration of his life immediately following the burial at Pleasant Valley Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the Nathaniel L. Trinkle Memorial Fund c/o the funeral home.

Nathaniel was born August 10, 1994 in Kansas City, MO to Jason L. Trinkle and Farrah K. Baird. He attended Olathe East High School where he would have been a senior. Nate was active in football and numerous other sports and school related activities.

He was preceded in death by his Paternal grandmother Katherin Louise Williams.

He leaves behind his parents and close relatives step-father, Andrew Baird and Step-mother Chandra Grimes; siblings, Branden, Jessica and Christina Trinkle, and Dannie and Jamie Grimes; grandparents Kathy Dunnington, Terry R. Burgess, Adrian and Jean Baird, and Michael and Anna Barton; uncles Terry N. Burgess, and Shawn Jensen; aunts Tanya Brown and Angela Jensen; and cousins Westin, Garret and Kennadee Brown, Zac, Adri, Jacob and Bria Jensen, as well as many more very loved family and friends.