1. Full Name: Antonia Rodarte Age: 82 Years Sex: F
2. Current address: Topeka
3. Date of death: Monday , March 17, 2003
4 Place of death: Midland Hospice House
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: June 9, 1920 Place of birth: Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
6.b. Parents: Jose and Rita Aguilar Hernandez
6.c. Years in current city/town:
7. Background: Mrs. Rodarte worked for several years for Seymour Packing Company, until it closed. She
later worked for LULAC. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
8. Relatives: Married to: Joseph Morlet Mendez, who preceded her in death on April 1,
1977. She married Charles M. Rodarte, Sept. 29, 1990.
8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Husband: Charles M. Rodarte, Topeka, KS
Daughter: Celia "Susie" Torres, Topeka, KS
Daughter: Charlene Navarette, Oakland, CA
Son: Joseph A. Mendez, Denison, KS
Son: Thomas Padilla, Topeka, KS
13 Grandchildren
7 Great-grandchildren
9. Service time, day, date, place: Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am, Friday, March
21, 2003 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
10. Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery Topeka, Kansas
11. Visitation,rosary, wake times, place: Mrs. Rodarte will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel
from 9 am till 4 pm Thursday and from 6 till 8 pm at the church where an Altar Society rosary will be recited at 6:30
followed by a parish wake service at 7:00.
12. Memorial contributions, if any: Midland Hospice House, 120 SW Frazier Circle, 66606
13. Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kansas
66604
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