Robert Keith Hejtmanek

1925 - 2001  (76 years)

• Name	Robert Keith Hejtmanek
  Born	2 Jul 1925	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Oct 2001	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4045	Rossville
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Charles M Hejtmanek
  Mother	Dulcia E Rendle Hejtmanek,   b. 13 Jul 1888, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois ,   d. 18 Oct 1972, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 84 years)
  Married	15 Feb 1911	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Family ID	F1990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bernice Krause Hejtmanek,   b. 16 Jan 1931
  Married	30 Nov 1946
  Children	1. Danton C Hejtmanek
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2016 12:06:57
  Family ID	F1994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Hejtmanek, Robert Robert Hejtmanek Robert Keith Hejtmanek, 76, Topeka, died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2001, at his home. Mr. Hejtmanek worked for Monroe Systems for Business for 35 years. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a gunner on a B-24 bomber in the 15th Air Force. He flew 50 missions over Europe and was decorated with the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters and the unit citation. He was born July 2, 1925, near Delia, the son of Charles and Dulcia Rendle Hejtmanek. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1943 and later attended Washburn University. Mr. Hejtmanek was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a life member of Philip Billard Post No. 1650 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Capitol Post No. 1 of the American Legion. He also was active in the Sertoma Club, Kaw Valley Wood Carvers and Saw Dusters. He was a former member of the Top-Kan Twirler’s Square Dance Club. He married Bernice Krause on Nov. 30, 1946. She survives. Other survivors include a son, Danton C. Hejtmanek, Topeka; two brothers, C. Clayton Hejtmanek, Topeka, and Donald Hejtmanek, Burlington, Mass.; a grandson; two stepgranddaughters; and two stepgreat-grandsons. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Hejtmanek will lie in state after noon today at Penweli-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel, where visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice Care, 200 S.W. Frazier Circle, Topeka, 66606; or to First Presbyterian Church, 817 S.W. Harrison, Topeka, 66612.