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Catherine Evelyn Dunn Simpkins Hesse

Female 1928 - 2008  (80 years)


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  • Name Catherine Evelyn Dunn Simpkins Hesse 
    Born 15 Mar 1928  Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 21 Mar 2008  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 24 Mar 2008  Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4349  Rossville
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2017 

    Father Samuel Giles Dunn 
    Mother Sarah Agnes Dowling Dunn 
    Family ID F3869  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Edgar Gilbert Simpkins 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Simpkins
     2. Eileen Simpkins Wagner
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2017 15:15:38 
    Family ID F3870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Conrad E Hesse,   b. 10 Feb 1929, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 2014, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 8 Nov 1981  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2017 15:16:19 
    Family ID F3871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBuried - 24 Mar 2008 - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Hesse, Catherine
    Obituary- Hesse, Catherine
    CATHERINE EVELYN HESSE
    Catherine Evelyn Hesse, St. Marys, 80, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at the Community Hospital in St. Marys.

    She was born March 15, 1928, on a farm near Emporia, the daughter of Samuel Giles and Sarah Agnes Dowling Dunn.

    Evelyn was raised in Emmett, Topeka and St. Marys. She graduated from Immaculate Conception Catholic High School in St. Marys. She moved to Kansas City and later to New Jersey where she worked in a bank and then for the V.A. Hospital. Evelyn transferred to the V.A. Hospital in Leavenworth and later to the Topeka V.A. Hospital where she was an agent cashier until she retired. She had lived in St. Marys since 1981.

    She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys and led the rosary on Saturday evenings. While in New Jersey she had been the president of a V.F.W. Auxiliary. Evelyn was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 Auxiliary in Rossville where she had served as chaplain. She was a member of the St. Marys Housing Authority Board.

    She was married to Edgar Gilbert Simpkins; they later divorced. She married Conrad E. “Connie” Hesse on Nov. 8, 1981, in Topeka. He survives of the home.

    Other survivors include a son, Thomas Simpkins, Topeka; a daughter, Eileen Wagner, Springfield, Mo.; two sisters, Sister Agnes Eileen, Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, Leavenworth and Pat Muller, St. Marys; grandchildren, Tara Wagner, Derrick, Jeremy and Catherine Simpkins.

    Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Monday, March 24, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys.

    Interment was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of Charity Retirement Fund and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, KS 66536.