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Obituary- Simecka, Florence 1

Florence M. Simecka
Florence M. Simecka, 74, St. Marys, died Sunday, September 20, 1998, at a nursing home in Wamego.

She was born June 19,1924, in Delia, the daughter of John J. and Mary Stallman Wehner. She spent her early life in the Delia community and graduated from Delia High School in 1942. She worked at Katie's Korner Restaurant in St. Marys many years.

She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the auxiliary to Hoy Heim Post No. 178 of the American Legion, both in St. Marys. She was a volunteer at St. Marys Manor for more than 20 years.

She married John L. Simecka November 26, 1942, in Salinas, CA. They lived in the Delia and Rossville communities before they moved to St. Marys in 1957. They owned and operated Simecka Hy- Klas grocery in St. Marys from 1959 until 1982. He survives.

Other survivors include sons, John R. Simecka and Gary Simecka, both of St. Marys; daughters, Linda Tuller, Topeka, and Shirley Mergenmeier and Denise Cushing, both of St. Marys; brothers, Clar¬ence Wehner and John A. Wehner, both of Rossville, Melvin Wehner, Eudora, and Francis Wehner, Colorado Springs, CO; a sister, Katie Rezac, Osage City; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, and a stepgreat-granddaugther.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a. m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Marys. A prayer service and rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday (today) at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys.

Memorial contributions may be made to the donation fund at

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