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Peter Aloysius Desch

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Peter Aloysius Desch

Birth
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Death
7 Apr 1968 (aged 64)
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
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Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Hayden Sec, Lot 464-W
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Peter Aloysius Desch, 64, died Sunday in a Topeka hospital where he had been readmitted March 29th. He had cancer. He was born July 5, 1903 in Topeka where he spent most of his life.

He had been a member of Holy Name Catholic Church. He was employed by Santa Fe Railway and Union Pacific Railroad and was a maintenance employee at Merrimont Noel Hospital.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Amelia Desch at home; two sons, Peter P. Desch, Francis Desch; a daughter, Mrs. Rosella Rodriguez, Tucson, Ariz.; a brother, Jake Desch; four sisters, Mrs. Catherine Allendorf, Helen Livingston, Mrs. Elizabeth Guyer, Marian Holloway, and five grandchildren.

Services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Name Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Mrs. Desch will lie in state from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at Brennan Funeral Home where rosaries will be recited by the parish at 7:30 p.m and by Daughters of Isabella at 8 p.m.

Topeka Daily Capital, 4/8/1968

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Peter Aloysius Desch, 64, died Sunday in a Topeka hospital where he had been readmitted March 29th. He had cancer. He was born July 5, 1903 in Topeka where he spent most of his life.

He had been a member of Holy Name Catholic Church. He was employed by Santa Fe Railway and Union Pacific Railroad and was a maintenance employee at Merrimont Noel Hospital.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Amelia Desch at home; two sons, Peter P. Desch, Francis Desch; a daughter, Mrs. Rosella Rodriguez, Tucson, Ariz.; a brother, Jake Desch; four sisters, Mrs. Catherine Allendorf, Helen Livingston, Mrs. Elizabeth Guyer, Marian Holloway, and five grandchildren.

Services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Name Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Mrs. Desch will lie in state from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at Brennan Funeral Home where rosaries will be recited by the parish at 7:30 p.m and by Daughters of Isabella at 8 p.m.

Topeka Daily Capital, 4/8/1968

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20944644/peter_aloysius-desch: accessed ), memorial page for Peter Aloysius Desch (5 Jul 1903–7 Apr 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20944644, citing Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Oz (contributor 46520830).