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Obituary- Huntsman, Mary

Mary Alice Huntsman Obituary
Mary Alice Huntsman passed away at her home in Topeka, KS on April 6th, 2023, following a

stroke. She was born at her home in Delia, KS on October 11, 1931, to her parents Joseph and

Cecil Olina Thompson Zlatnik. She was preceded in death by brothers Laverne and Roger and

sisters Evelyne and Judith, and a foster sister, Della Blodgett. She is survived by her husband,

Charles David Huntsman, daughters Brenda Dunlap and Laura Williams (Scott), sister Rosella

Hoglund, grandchildren Spencer Williams and Lauren Keepes (Brad), seventeen nieces and

nephews and many great nieces and nephews.



She married the love of her life, Dave, on September 13, 1953, in Delia, KS. They were

married for 69 years. In her free time, she belonged to PEO, Trinity Presbyterian Church,

Topeka, KS, First Presbyterian Church, Halstead, KS, First Presbyterian Church, Topeka, KS,

traveled the US with Dave, spent many enjoyable hours in her flower beds and vegetable

gardens, creatively cooked, once winning a chili contest, and sewed countless special garments

for her daughters and Halloween costumes for her grandchildren. She learned to knit from her

high school English teacher, Mrs. Penner, and made Santa stockings for her daughters, all her

nieces and nephews and many friends’ children. She was also an avid reader reading

everything from Agatha Christie to world history to medical journals. Her favorite thing to read

though, were biographies.



Following high school, Mary Alice went to business school, and later trained to become a

medical secretary. She started her career at the Kansas State Board of Health. While Dave was

in the Air Force, they lived in Arlington, VA, and she worked for a General Practice in

Washington D.C., and U.S. Representative Joel Broyhill. Following Dave’s separation from the

Air Force, Mary Alice worked for several specialties in the medical field including Orthopedics,

Thoracic surgery, Radiology, Neurology-Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry at Menninger Clinic,

Topeka, KS.



A Celebration of Life will be held April 12, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Garden

House at Lake Shawnee, 3720 SE Yacht Club Court, Topeka, KS 66609.



In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Tunnel to Towers Foundation, 2361 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10306.

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