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Obituary- Simecka, Leo

Leo Simecka
Leo Gerald Simecka, 92, Topeka, died Thursday, June 7, 2001, at a Topeka nursing home.

Mr. Simecka taught school at the Stach School that is now a living history piece at the Kansas Museum of Natural History in Topeka and at Delia junior and senior high schools. He also had been a boilermaker for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from 1942 until he retired in May 1972. He was a lifelong farmer and cat¬tleman in the Delia community. He also sold insurance for Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Co. for many years.

He was born December 1, 1908, in Delia, the son of Joseph and Mary Cander Simecka. He graduated from Delia High School in 1926. He moved to Topeka in 1942.

Mr. Simecka was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 534, James W. Gibbons Assembly of the 4lh Degree, and he was a longtime member of the Nocturnal Adoration Society at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.

On April 26, 1934, he married Bridget M. Kennedy in Emmett. She died May 10, 1998. Mr. Simecka also was preceded in death by a daughter, Lillian Schwerdt, and three grandchildren, Anne Schwerdt, Michael Schwerdt and Thomas Schwerdt, on July 4,1970.

Survivors include a son, Jerry Simecka, Tecumseh; two daughters, Julie Besler, Tecumseh, and Jean Simon Turgeon, Louisville, NE; a brother, Ben Simecka, Silver Lake; three sisters, Eleanor Thompson, Rossville, Josephine Constant, Topeka, and Leona Paulini, Silver Lake; 14 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys. A parish rosary was recited Friday and the Knights of Columbus Council No. 534 recited a rosary and conducted a chalice ceremony. Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home in Topeka was in charge of services.

Memorial contributions may be made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 312 N.E. Freeman, Topeka 66616.

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