Our company dates back more than 100 years to 1893 when the Penwell-Gabel funeral home was founded in Topeka. In 1977 Ren New ... comer, a 4th generation funeral director, purchased Penwell-Gabel and the company has grown consistently through the years. It now consists of 44 funeral homes and cemeteries, 500 associates, and serves more than 12,500 families each year. Our funeral homes include the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Homes in Kansas, Dove Cremation & Funeral Service in Topeka, Kansas and the Newcomer Funeral Homes in Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Wyoming and Wisconsin. With administrative, financial, human resources, information technology and marketing functions centralized in our Home Office in Topeka, KS, our funeral directors and staff are able to focus completely on providing the highest quality service to every family we serve— one family at a time. read more