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Mrs. Mary Jo Lacock

Mrs. Mary Jo Lacock, 48, Topeka, died Saturday, April 18, at a Topeka hospital where she was admitted after she suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Dr. Robert Jensen, Shawnee County deputy district coroner, tentatively listed the death as a suicide, but said a final ruling will follow completion of forensic tests.

Mrs. Lacock was employed by Adams Business Forms 18 years. She resigned in January 1987, and was currently attending Platt College.

She was born Oct. 13, 1938, in Rossville, the daughter of A.T. and Ann Aubert Verschelden. She lived in St. Marys before she moved to Topeka in 1956.

She was married to Gerald Lacock in October 1956, at St. Marys. They were divorced.

Survivors include a son, Gary J. Lacock, Topeka; two daughters, Linda M. DeHart, Topeka, and Brenda A. Lacock, Fort Collins, Colo.; her parents, A.T. and Ann Verschelden, both of Topeka, and Joe Verschelden, San Diego, Calif.; eight sisters, Theresa Schleif, Topeka, Alice Zeller, Mayetta, Joan Falley, Zeandale, Regina Verschelden, Manhattan, Rita Etzel, La Mesa, Calif., Ann Fouts, Ottawa, Anita Culbertson, Wamego, and Margaret Cunningham, Norfolk, Va.; and six grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Davidson Funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery at St. Marys. Mrs. Lacock will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home where a rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to the Immaculate Conception Catholic School Building Fund, St. Marys, 66536.

[Capital, page 20, 20 Apr 1987]

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Mary Jo Lacock
Mary Jo Lacock, 48, 126 N.W. US-24, died Saturday, April 18, at a Topeka hospital following an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at her home, Dr. Robert E. Jensen, Shawnee County deputy district coroner, said.

Services are pending at the Davidson Funeral Home.

[Capital, Page 20, 19 Apr 1987]

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Topeka shooting death an apparent suicide

A 48-year-old North Topeka woman apparently shot herself in the upper abdomen early Saturday as her 61-year-old boyfriend watched, officials said.

The woman, Mary J. Lacock, later died at a Topeka hospital.

Emergency personnel responded to a 911 call at 2:06 a.m. to Lacock's mobile home at 126 N.W. US-24. They found Lacock on the living room floor. Rescue workers said a single small-caliber bullet entered the upper abdomen and exited through the back.

Police recovered a weapon at the scene.

A Medevac MidAmerica ambulance crew worked several minutes to stabilize Lacock before transporting her to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. She underwent surgery there, but died at 4:55 a.m.,

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Dr. Robert D. Jensen, Shawnee County deputy district coroner, performed an autopsy Saturday. Jensen said Lacock's death was a probable suicide, but a final ruling will not be made until forensic test results are received.

[Capital, page 3, 19 Apr 1987]

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