Florence M Wehner Simecka

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Obituary- Simecka, Florence 2

Florence M. Simecka
ST. MARYS — Florence M. Simecka, 74,
St. Marys, died Sunday, Sept. 20,1998, at a nursing home, in Wamego.

She was born June 19,1924, in Delia, to John J. and Mary Stallman Wehner. She spent her early life in the Delia community and was 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 more than 20 years.

She was married to John L. Simecka Nov. 28, 1942, in Salinas, Calif. 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 in St. Marys; daughters, Linda Teller, Topeka, and Shirley Mergerimeier and Denise Cushing, both in St. Marys; brothers, Clarence Wehner and John A. Wehner, both in Rossville, Melvin Wehner, Eudora, and Francis Wehner, Colorado Springs; a sister, Katie Rezac, Osage City; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and a stepgreat-granddaughter.

Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery in St. Marys. Mrs. Simecka will lie in state after 2 p.m. Tuesday at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys where a prayer service at 7 p.m. will be followed by a rosary.

Memorial contributions may be made to the decoration fund at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys.

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