In Memory Of
Ethel Marie Mischke
Ethel Marie Mischke
Ethel Marie Mischke, 94, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2006 at Brewster Place Health Center. Her life began June 25, 1911 at Colby, KS in a sod house where her parents homesteaded. She was the tenth of eleven children born to Charles Victor and Luella Frazier Jacobson.
Her family moved to Topeka when she was a small child. Following graduation from Washburn High School, she managed the Woolworth's lunch counters in Topeka, Wichita, Pueblo, CO, and Salt Lake City, UT.
She married her high school sweetheart, Wilbur R. Mischke, on January 9, 1935 at Longmont, CO. They were married 51 years before he preceded her in death on October 27, 1986.
After caring for her parents and other family members and raising two children, she was employed at Midwest Appraisal and in the Shawnee County Clerk's office from 1963 until retirement in 1981.
Ethel loved to cook, grow flowers, and play bridge. She was formerly a member of several area bridge groups. She was a long time member of the Stormont-Vail Auxiliary and volunteered many years at the reception desk at Stormont-Vail Health Center.
She was a long time member of Central Congregational Church and before joining First Congregational Church in Topeka.
Ethel is survived by her daughter, Nancy Sloop and her husband George, of Topeka and her son, Larry Mischke, of Topeka; her grandchildren, Brian and Heather Sloop, Lawrence, Brenda and Jeff Geist, Salina, Elizabeth and Ray Toyne, Topeka, and Andrea Mischke, Topeka; one great granddaughter, Diana Geist; and a sister, Lavina "Jerry" Reiber of Mission Viejo, CA.
Mrs. Mischke will lie in state after 2:00 pm Wednesday, March 1 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel where the family will greet friends from 7:00 to 8:30 pm that evening. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm Thursday, March 2 at the funeral home with burial to follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Brewster Place, 1205 Sw. 29th St., Topeka, Kansas 66611 or to the Stormont- Vail Auxiliary, 1500 SW. 10th St., Topeka, Kansas 66604.
To leave a special message for the family online, please visit www.PenwellGabel.com
Her family moved to Topeka when she was a small child. Following graduation from Washburn High School, she managed the Woolworth's lunch counters in Topeka, Wichita, Pueblo, CO, and Salt Lake City, UT.
She married her high school sweetheart, Wilbur R. Mischke, on January 9, 1935 at Longmont, CO. They were married 51 years before he preceded her in death on October 27, 1986.
After caring for her parents and other family members and raising two children, she was employed at Midwest Appraisal and in the Shawnee County Clerk's office from 1963 until retirement in 1981.
Ethel loved to cook, grow flowers, and play bridge. She was formerly a member of several area bridge groups. She was a long time member of the Stormont-Vail Auxiliary and volunteered many years at the reception desk at Stormont-Vail Health Center.
She was a long time member of Central Congregational Church and before joining First Congregational Church in Topeka.
Ethel is survived by her daughter, Nancy Sloop and her husband George, of Topeka and her son, Larry Mischke, of Topeka; her grandchildren, Brian and Heather Sloop, Lawrence, Brenda and Jeff Geist, Salina, Elizabeth and Ray Toyne, Topeka, and Andrea Mischke, Topeka; one great granddaughter, Diana Geist; and a sister, Lavina "Jerry" Reiber of Mission Viejo, CA.
Mrs. Mischke will lie in state after 2:00 pm Wednesday, March 1 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel where the family will greet friends from 7:00 to 8:30 pm that evening. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm Thursday, March 2 at the funeral home with burial to follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Brewster Place, 1205 Sw. 29th St., Topeka, Kansas 66611 or to the Stormont- Vail Auxiliary, 1500 SW. 10th St., Topeka, Kansas 66604.
To leave a special message for the family online, please visit www.PenwellGabel.com
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Ethel Marie Mischke, please visit our flower store.
Service Schedule
Past Services
Visitation
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
7:00 - 8:30 pm (Central time)
Penwell-Gabel - Mid-Town Chapel
Service
Thursday, March 2, 2006
Starts at 1:00 pm (Central time)
Penwell-Gabel - Mid-Town Chapel
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