Mary Johanna Cander Simecka

1883 - 1966  (83 years)

• Name	Mary Johanna Cander Simecka
  	Her daughter, Leona Paulini's, obituary spells her maiden name as Cantor. So does Eleanor Thompson's obit.
  Born	8 Feb 1883	Everest, Brown County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 May 1966	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6278	Rossville
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles Cander,   b. 1853, Austria ,   d. 1 Sep 1935, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F1877	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Benjamin Simecka,   b. 4 Oct 1882, Willis, Brown County, Kansas ,   d. 19 Apr 1961, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 78 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1904	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor M Simecka Thompson,   b. 12 Jan 1907, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 7 Mar 2002, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 95 years) + 2. Leo Gerald Simecka,   b. 1 Dec 1908, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 7 Jun 2001, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 92 years) + 3. Raphael J (Ray) Simecka,   b. 24 Oct 1910, Washington County, Kansas ,   d. 26 Feb 1998, Palm Springs, Riverside County, California  (Age 87 years) + 4. Arthur B Simecka,   b. 4 Mar 1913, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 10 May 1995, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana  (Age 82 years) + 5. Loretta Marie Simecka Dodd,   b. 24 Jul 1914, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 31 Dec 1986, Brea, Orange County, California  (Age 72 years) + 6. Josephine C Simecka Constant,   b. 5 Sep 1917, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 16 Dec 2017  (Age 100 years) + 7. Leona Agnes Simecka Paulini,   b. 28 Oct 1920, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 22 Oct 2001, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 80 years) + 8. Benjamin Joseph Simecka,   b. 23 May 1925, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 9 Apr 2014, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2018 13:21:51
  Family ID	F1797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 8 Feb 1883 - Everest, Brown County, Kansas Buried - - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Simecka, Mary 1 Mary Simecka Dies Services were at 9:30 a. m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Delia for Mrs. Mary Simecka, 83, of Delia, who died Monday in a Topeka nursing home after a long illness. She was born Feb. 8, 1883 at Everest in Brown County and spent most of her life in the Delia community. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Delia and the Altar Society of the church and Royal Neighbors of America. She was married to Joseph Simecka in 1904 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Chirch in St. Marys. He died in 1961. Survivors include four sons, Leo Simecka, Topeka, Raphael Simecka, Escondido, Calif., Arthur Simecka, Woody Creek, Colo., and Ben Simecka, Delia; four daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Thompson, Delia, Mrs. Loretta Dodd, Ottawa, Mrs. Josephine Constant, Route 2, Topeka, and Mrs. Leona Paulini, Mobile, Ala.; 28 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery at St. Marys. Rosary was recited at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. Pallbearers were Norman Simecka, Gerald Simecka, Marlin Constant, Joseph Constant, Marvin Thompson, and Nels Thompson.
  		Funeral card- Simecka, Mary 2 Mary Simecka Born: February 8, 1883 Died: May 2, 1966 Verschelden Funeral Home St. Marys