Cecile R. Hendricks, 82, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at a local hospital.
Cecile was born March 30, 1923 in Manchester, New Hampshire, the daughter of George and Bernadette LeClerc Gamache.
She married James H. Hendricks on July 7, 1942 in Dover, Delaware. He survives. Other survivors include daughters; Edith "Bunny" Bolton and husband, Sam, Chattanooga, TN, Shirley Martin-Smith and husband, Robin, Lawrence, Diane Hoover Roach, Topeka, and Mary Jane Pore and husband, David, Wichita; 13 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; and a sister, Stella Gamache, New York.
A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel. Burial will be in Penwell-Gabel's Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Hendricks will lie in state after 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday and visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. A Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m.
Memorial contribution may be made to the Capper Foundation or the University of Kansas Medical Center.
A special message for the family can be left online at www.PenwellGabel.com