Delbert Leroy Safarik

1940 - 1998  (58 years)

• Name	Delbert Leroy Safarik
  Born	24 May 1940	Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Dec 1998	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Half Day Cemetery, Elmont, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6098	Rossville
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Leroy E Safarik
  Mother	Carol Hess Safarik
  Family ID	F6222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Kimberly Safarik Pladies   2. Kelli Safarik Proehl   3. Kevin Safarik
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2018 15:13:12
  Family ID	F6224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Regina Jean Hanrahan Mulanax Goss Safarik
  Married	16 Aug 1988	Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2019 01:25:43
  Family ID	F6223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 May 1940 - Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas Married - 16 Aug 1988 - Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma Buried - - Half Day Cemetery, Elmont, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Safarik, Delbert Delbert Leroy Safarik Delbert Leroy Safarik, 58, Topeka, died Tuesday, Dec. 29,1998, at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Safarik was a maintenance mechanic and fireman for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. for 34 years before he retired in 1998. He served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Growler from 1958 to 1964, and he served on Johnson Island during the Vietnam War. He was born May 24,1940, in Hiawatha, the son of Leroy E. and Carol Hess Safarik. He moved to the Elmont area in 1984. Mr. Safarik was a member of the Wetmore United Methodist Church and the Eagles Lodge in Holton. He was a life member of the Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville. He also was a life member and past commander of Goodyear Post No. 2187 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Topeka. He married Regina Hanrahan on Aug. 16, 1988, at Miami, Okla. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Kimberly Pladies, Topeka, and Kelli Proehl, Emporia; a son, Kevin Safarik, Topeka; a stepdaughter, Debra Heideman, Wamego; six stepsons, Donald Mulanax, St. Marys, Richard Mulanax, Wamego, Mark Mulanax, Topeka, Michael Goss, Topeka, William Goss, Lake Stevens, Wash., and David Goss Jr., Everett, Wash.; a brother, David E. Safarik, Hoyt; a sister, Judith C. Hollabaugh, Topeka; three grandchildren; 21 stepgrandchildren; and one stepgreat- granddaughter. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Northland Christian Church. Burial will be at Half-Day Cemetery at Elmont. Post No. 31 of the American Legion will conduct military services at the graveside. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society and sent in care of the funeral home.