Loretta Marie Simecka Dodd

1914 - 1986  (72 years)

• Name	Loretta Marie Simecka Dodd
  Born	24 Jul 1914	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	31 Dec 1986	Brea, Orange County, California
  Buried	5 Jan 1987	Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3430	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	Harry Ennis Dodd,   d. 21 Apr 1978
  Married	11 Sep 1935	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Donna Rae Dodd Black
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2016 09:07:47
  Family ID	F1798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Obituary- Dodd, Loretta 1 Dodd Mrs. Loretta Marie Simecka Dodd, 72, Ottawa, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1986, at a hospital in Brea, Calif. She had been an office manager and had worked in Ottawa many years. She was born July 24, 1914 on a farm near Delia, the daughter of Joseph Benjamin and Mary Johanna Cander Simecka. She spent her youth on a farm east of Delia and attended Stach Rural School. She graduated from Delia High School in 1932. She had worked in Topeka and then moved to Ottawa, where she worked for the Bennett Ice Co. Later she became the office manager at Gambles, where she worked from 1952 to 1974. She also worked at the Bennett retail store until it closed in the late 1970s. She was baptized in the Catholic faith and had attended the Trinity Methodist Church, Ottawa. She was married to Harry Ennis Dodd on Sept. 11, 1935 at Topeka. He died April 21, 1978. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Donna Rae Black, Diamond Bar, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Eleanor Thompson and Leona Paulini, both of Rossville, Josephine Constant, Topeka; four brothers, Leo Simecka, Topeka, Ray Simecka, Escondido, Calif., Arthur Simecka, Clinton, Montana, and Ben J. Simecka, Delia; and two grandchildren. Funeral services were to be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home, Ottawa. Burial was to be in the Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association in care of the funeral home.
  		Obituary- Dodd, Loretta 2 Loretta M. Simecka Dodd OTTAWA — Mrs. Loretta Marie Simecka Dodd, 72. Ottawa, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, at a hospital in Brea, Calif. She had been an office manager and had worked in Ottawa many years. She was born July 24, 1914, on a farm near Delia, the daughter of Joseph Benjamin and Mary Johanna Cander Simecka. She spent her youth on a farm east of Delia and attended Stach Rural School. She graduated from Delia High School in 1932. She had worked in Topeka and then moved to Ottawa where she worked for the Bennett Ice Co. Later she became the office manager at Gambles, where she worked from 1952 to 1974. She also worked at the Bennett retail store until it closed in the late 1970s. She was baptized in the Catholic faith and had attended the Trinity Methodist Church, Ottawa. She was married to Harry Ennis Dodd on Sept. 11, 1935, at Topeka. He died April 21, 1978. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Donna Rae Black. Diamond Bar, Calif.; three sisters. Mrs. Eleanor Thompson and Leona Pau- lini, both of Rossville, Josephine Constant, Topeka; four brothers, Leo Simecka, Topeka, Ray Simecka, Escondido, Calif., Arthur Simecka, Clinton, Mont., and Ben J. Simecka, Delia: and two grandchildren. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home, Ottawa. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today until the service at the funeral home. The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association in care of the funeral home.
  		Birth- Simecka, Loretta Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Simecka of Soldier Creek a baby girl.