Raphael J (Ray) Simecka

1910 - 1998  (87 years)

• Name	Raphael J (Ray) Simecka
  Nickname	Ray
  Born	24 Oct 1910	Washington County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Feb 1998	Palm Springs, Riverside County, California
  Cremated	Cremated
  Person ID	I6279	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph Benjamin Simecka,   b. 4 Oct 1882, Willis, Brown County, Kansas ,   d. 19 Apr 1961, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Johanna Cander Simecka,   b. 8 Feb 1883, Everest, Brown County, Kansas ,   d. 2 May 1966, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 83 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1904	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Family ID	F1797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lois Simecka,   d. 1997
  Children	1. Ron Simecka
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2018 13:54:28
  Family ID	F7796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Oct 1910 - Washington County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Simecka, Raphael Raphael “Ray” Simecka Raphael J. “Ray” Simecka, 87, Palm Springs, CA, died of cancer Thursday, February 26, 1998, at Desert Hospital Hospice in Palm Springs. He was born October 24,1910, in Washington County, KS, the son of Joseph B. and Mary Cander Simecka. He spent his boyhood on a farm near Delia and graduated from Delia High School. He was a trooper on the Kansas Highway Patrol for 24 years. He served in the U.S. Navy for 30 years, enlisting as a seaman and retiring as a Lieutenant Commander, at which time the family moved to Escondido, CA. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois, in 1997, and is survived by a son, Ron Simecka, Palm Springs, CA. He has two stepsons, Robert Kerlinger, Poquoson, VA, and John Kerlinger, Rancho Bernardo, CA. Other survivors include three sisters, Eleanor Thompson, Rossville, Leona Paulini, Mobile, AL, and Josephine Constant, North Topeka; and two brothers, Leo Simecka, Topeka, and Ben Simecka, Silver Lake. He was cremated. Inurnment will be later in a Naval cemetery. Raphael Simecka PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Raphael "Ray" Simecka, 87, Palm Springs, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 1998, at a Palm Springs hospital. Mr. Simecka was a trooper with the Kansas Highway Patrol for 24 years before he retired. He also served 30 years in the Navy before he retired at the rank of lieutenant commander. He was born Oct. 24, 1910, in Washington County, Kan., the son of Joseph B. and Mary Cander Simecka. He was raised on a farm near Delia, Kan., and was graduated from Delia High School. He moved to Escondido, Calif., after his retirement from the Navy. Mr. Simecka was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Simecka, in 1997. Survivors include a son, Ron Simecka, Palm Springs; two stepsons, Robert Kerlinger, Poquoson, Va., and John Kerlinger, Rancho Bernardo, Calif.; three sisters, Eleanor Thompson, Rossville, Kan., Leona Pauline, Mobile, Ala., and Josephine Constant, North Topeka, Kan.; and two brothers, Leo Simecka, Topeka, Kan., and Ben Simecka, Silver Lake, Kan. Mr. Simecka was cremated. Inurnment will be at a Naval Cemetery at a later date.