Family: Benjamin Joseph Simecka / Norma Jean Fechner Simecka (F3216)

• Father | Male Benjamin Joseph Simecka

  
  

  Born	23 May 1925	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Died	9 Apr 2014	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Cremated		Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Married	1 Jun 1949	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Father	Joseph Benjamin Simecka | F1797 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Johanna Cander Simecka | F1797 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Norma Jean Fechner Simecka

  
  

  Born
  Died	30 Jan 2006
  Buried
  Father	Glenn Fechner | F3594 Group Sheet
  Mother	Jessie E Wood Fechner Grell | F3594 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male + Benjamin G (Bennie) Simecka

  
  

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  Spouse	Mary Lou Overmyer Simecka | F3217
  Married	11 Nov 1989	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Sheryl Ann Simecka Gudenkauf

  
  

  Born
  Died
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  Spouse	W. Michael Gudenkauf | F1001
  Married	19 Aug 1972	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Joe Simecka

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Dave Simecka

  
  

  Born
  Died
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  Child 5 | Male + Mark Simecka

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Tonya Deppe Simecka | F7797
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Michelle Simecka Gellhaus

  
  

  Born	25 Sep 1959
  Died	5 Oct 2021	Livingston, Park County, Montana
  Buried

  
  

• Documents

  Anniversary- Simecka, Ben and Norma Ben and Norma Simecka Ben and Norma Simecka will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with a reception and dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Rossville American Legion Hall. Hosting the event will be their children and their families, Joe and Coleen Simecka, Silver Lake; Dave Simecka, Delia; Sheryl and Mike Gudenkauf, Topeka; Mark and Tonya Simecka, Ozawkie; Michelle and Clem Gellhaus, Mayetta; and Bennie and Mary Simecka, Olathe. The couple have nine grandchildren. Ben Simecka and Norma Fechner were married June 1, 1949, at Assumption Catholic Church in Topeka. They have lived in the Delia area all their married lives. Mr. Simecka retired from farming in 1994, and Mrs. Simecka retired as a baker from USD 321 in 1993. The couple requests that no gifts be given. [From 14 May 1994]