Memorials › Theodore Raymond "Butch" Hefner

Theodore Raymond "Butch" Hefner

28 Apr 1908 – 28 Jul 1989

Birth28 Apr 1908
Death28 Jul 1989
CemeteryMount Calvary Cemetery
Topeka , Shawnee County , Kansas , USA
Added byAmanda J on 07 Nov 2016
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145960257

Bio

Theodore R. "Butch" Hefner, 81, Topeka, died Friday, July 28, 1989 at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Hefner worked for Santa Fe Shops for 34 years. He was instrumental in designing and building and was manager of Meadow Lanes Bowling Alley from 1958 until his second retirement in 1975. He was born in Topeka on April 28, 1908, the son of George Hefner and Mary Kistner [Kissner handwritten in] Hefner. He played for Santa Fe baseball team in the late 1920s and 1930s. He was a lifetime resident of Topeka. Mr. Hefner was a member of Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council 534, James W. Gibbons Assembly of the Fourth Degree and Moose Lodge 555. He was married to Irene Desch on Sept. 3, 1928 in Topeka. She died Dec. 19, 1977. He was married to Imogene Peppard on Feb. 8, 1980 in Lawrence. She survives. Other survivors include three daughters, Juanita Hunninghake, Topeka, Marilyn Emory, Austin, Texas, and Judy Wilder, Kansas City, Mo.; a step-daughter, Charlotte Dultmeier, Topeka; eights grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Mr. Hefner will lie in state from 2 to 9 p.m. today at the Brennan Funeral Home, where a Ladies of Columbus Rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m., a parish Prayer Services at 7 p.m. and a Third and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Topeka Capital-Journal, 7/30/1989 ------------------------------- 4/18/1930 Census; Theodore R. Hefner, 21, married at 20, Machinist at Railroad Shops, born KS. Resides at 424 Larch St, Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, and rents house for $12. Irene M. Hefner, 19, married at 17, born in KS. Juanita M., 1, daughter, born KS.

Photos

Family

Parents

Spouse

Siblings

Children

Export GEDCOM

This person only · Entire connected family