Dennis Hadley 1957-2020
Dennis F. Hadley, 63, Topeka, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
He was born Aug. 8, 1957, in Wichita, the son of Enos and Beverly Sullivan Hadley. He attended Topeka High School and graduated from Salina South High School. He graduated from Hutchinson Junior College with an associate degree and also from Colorado School of Banking.
Mr. Hadley had been senior vice president at Bank of the Flint Hills for eight years. Previously, he was senior vice president at Denison State Bank in Holton for 18 years and a loan officer at Highland Park Bank for 10 years.
He was a member of Hoyt United Methodist Church and a former member of the Board of Directors at the Colorado School of Banking. He was active in communities where he worked, serving on economic development boards, chambers of commerce and other organizations.
He married Teresa Sims on Oct. 3, 1981, in Hoyt. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Ashley Clark, Topeka; two grandchildren, Audrey and Hudson Clark; his father and mother-in-law, Wendell and Jean Sims, Hoyt; a sister, Deitra Troxel and husband John Sr., Hoyt; two nephews, John Troxel Jr. and Nathan Troxel; his stepmother, Elizabeth Hadley, in Illinois; a stepsister, C. Gail Storch and husband Joe, in Illinois; and a stepbrother, Roland Lis and wife Dawn, in Illinois.
For friends and family who are comfortable to attend, funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4 at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Burial will follow in Hoyt Cemetery. Mr. Hadley will lie in state starting today (Wednesday) at the funeral home, where family will greet friends from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hoyt Fire Department or the American Heart Association, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.
