Edith V. Dickinson

Full Name: Edith V. Dickinson

Current address: Topeka, Kansas

Date of death: Sunday evening , February 16, 2003

Place of death: Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka

Date of birth: May 5, 1911 Place of birth: Kansas City, MO
Parents: Charles Hayes and Catherine L. Nixon Senner

Years in current city/town: since 1931.

Background: She was a member of Grace Episcopal Cathedral. She was a member of the Democratic
Party, the Minerva Club, and the Trollopes of Lawrence. She coordinated the volunteers for the Topeka Room
at the Topeka Public Library and belonged to the society for the preservation of the Book of Common Prayer. She
was a member of the Richard the Third Society. She attend Kansas City Junior College, University of Kansas
where she pledged Gamma Phi Beta, and later graduated from Washburn University. She was a well-known
Topeka hostess and once entertained the Russian Ballet Theatre when they performed in town.

Relatives: Married to: Jacob Alan Dickinson on October 3, 1931 in Falls City, Nebraska.

preceded in death by: Her husband, Jacob Dickinson on June 1, 1971, a son, Jacob Alan
Dickinson II on June 2, 1990, and her brother William C. Senner on June 26, 1942.
Immediate survivors:
Daughter: Linda Spalding, Toronto, Canada
5 Grandchildren: Jacob Dickinson, Long Beach, CA
Sara Dickinson, Genoa, Italy
Ann Dickinson Mahoney, Hillsborough, CA
Esta Spalding of Vancouver, Canada
Kristin Spalding Sanders, Portland, OR
6 Great-grandchildren
her dear friend, Arthur C. McCash, Topeka, KS
2 Nephews: William Dickinson, Lawrence, KS
Martin Dickinson, Lawrence, KS
Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 20, 2003 at Grace
Episcopal Cathedral.
Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery Topeka, Kansas

Memorial contributions, if any: The Topeka Room C/O Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library,
1515 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66604 or Topeka Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 1698, Topeka, KS 66601