Leo Gerald Simecka

1908 - 2001  (92 years)

• Name	Leo Gerald Simecka
  Born	1 Dec 1908	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Jun 2001	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6275	Rossville
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2020

  
  

  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	Bridget Mary Kennedy Simecka,   b. 15 Aug 1910, Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 10 May 1998, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 87 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1934	Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Lillian M Simecka Schwerdt,   b. 16 Jul 1939, Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 4 Jul 1970, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas  (Age 30 years)   2. Jerry L Simecka   3. Julie Simecka Besler   4. Jean Simecka Simon Turgeon
  Documents » Slide Show		Anniversary- Simecka, Leo and Bridget 1 Open house Simeckas In celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Simecka will be honored Sunday. April 28 with an open house in the home of their daughter. Mrs. John Besler. 344 SE Croco Road. Friends and relatives are invited to call from 2 to 4 p.m. The couple asks that no gifts be presented. Hosts will be their children. Mr. and Mrs. Besler; Mr. and Mrs. James Simon, North Bend, Neb.; and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Simecka.
  		Anniversary- Simecka, Leo and Bridget 2 Mr. and Mrs. Simecka Mr. and Mrs. Leo Simecka will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday with an anniversary mass at 5 p.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, followed by a reception and lunch in the church and an anniversary dance at 9 p.m. in the Knights of Columbus Hall, 39th & Burlingame. Hosts will be their children: John and Julie Kesler, Topeka; Jim and Jean Simon, Louisville, Neb.; and Jerry and Marcia Simecka. The couple has 14 grandchildren. Leo Gerald Simecka and Bridget Mary Kennedy were married April 26, 1934, in Emmett. He retired from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. [From 26 May 1984]
  		Anniversary- Simecka, Leo and Bridget 3 Leo and Bridget Simecka Leo and Bridget Simecka, Topeka will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary April 26 with a card shower and a mass at 5 p.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Cards may be sent to the couple at 2021 S.E. Florence, Topeka, 66616. The couple are the parents of four children, Julie Besler, Topeka; Jean Simon, Louisville, Neb.; and Jerry Simecka, Topeka. A daughter, Lillian Schwerdt, is deceased. They have 17 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Leo Simecka and Bridget Kennedy were married April 26, 1934, at Holy Cross Church in Emmett. Mr. Simecka retired from Santa Fe Railway in 1972.
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2018 13:47:19
  Family ID	F6044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  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.