Mary J. Gearhart

Full Name: Mary J. Gearhart Age: 100 Years Sex: F

Current address: Topeka

Date of death: Thursday morning, November 14, 2002

Place of death: A Care facility in Topeka

Date of birth: July 16, 1902 Place of birth: Westphalia, KS

Parents: William C. and Emma Sarah McGreer Brooks

Years in current city/town: Since 1939

Background: Charter member of the Topeka Boys Club. Charter member and Co-founder of KAPE and lobbied for its establishment. A member of the Republican Womens club, American Legion Auxilary and Past President of the Professional Business Womens Club. She was a member of the Methodist church in Emporia,
Kansas.

Relatives: Married to: Leland S. Gearhart in 1925 in Shenandoah, Iowa
preceded in death by: husband, Leland Gearhart in 1961.
Immediate survivors:
Daughter: Joan Bleske, Topeka, KS
2 Sons: Leland S. Gearhart, Jr. Topeka, KS
William D. Gearhart, Topeka, KS
Grandchildren: 7
Great grandchildren: 9

Service time, day, date, place: Private Graveside Services will be held on November 18, 2002 at Topeka Cemetery

Burial: Topeka Cemetery

Visitation times, place: Mary J. Gearheart will lie in state after noon Sunday, November 17,2002

Memorial contributions, if any: Topeka Boys Club, 550 SE 27th Street, Topeka, KS 66605 or Midland Hospice 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606-2800