Emily Dodge 1919-2016
Emily S. Dodge, 97, formerly of Rossville and Delia, died Saturday, July 23, 2016, at Presbyterian Manor in Topeka.
She was born April 15, 1919, south of Delia, the daughter of Ignac and Veronica Hejtmanek Horak. She graduated from Goldenrod Country School and from Delia High School in 1937.
Mrs. Dodge worked in Topeka before starting work at the Delia Post Office in 1959 and retiring after 20 years of service in 1979. She and her husband also farmed in the Delia area from 1946 until 2004, when they moved to Rossville and later to Topeka.
She was a member of Delia Presbyterian Church and graduated from the Menninger Bible Course.
She married Leonard Dodge on Sept. 1, 1940, in Topeka. He died Feb. 11, 2011. She also was preceded in death by her parents, five siblings and two grandsons.
Survivors include a son, Jim Dodge and wife Janet, Rossville; a daughter, Joanne Bruce and husband Mike, Huntsville, Texas; two sisters, Irene Collett, Washington, and Esther Wehner, Rossville; four grandchildren; David Dodge and wife Colleen, Karen Manhart and husband Jerry, Kevin Bruce and Stehphanie Bruce, nine great-grandchildren, Casey, Darrin and Danielle Dodge, Abbie and Chad Manhart and Maddison, Regan, Damian and Malcom Bruce; a great-great-grandson; Adam Boudreau; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Interment will be held in Delia Cemetery. Mrs. Dodge will lie in state and family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Delia Presbyterian Church, The Good Samaritan Fund at Presbyterian Manor or Grace Hospice, sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, KS 66536.
