Remember Me
Many of their parents never even got to hear them cry.
Ever silent, hundreds of infants lie without any testament to their existence. Young families with meager funds were able to bury their babies, but not to mark their graves.
The Friends of Historic Topeka Cemetery have created a way to acknowledge the children whose families are no longer around to honor them.
The flags in this photo mark the graves of these children, offering a visual representation of just how many there are.
This ongoing project is in Sections 73 and 89 near the northeast corner of the cemetery. Graves 75 years and older in these sections will be eligible for “Remember Me” headstones. More than 100 graves have received markers since the programs began, but there are hundreds still unmarked.
The granite markers are 8 inches by 16 inches and bear the name of the child and the year of death. The cost is $125 each.
Smaller donations will be pooled and used to rehabilitate the area – raise and straighten the markers that are there, fill in depressions and even up the rows.
The two sections were selected for the project because after 75 years, the families have likely moved on, and there is no one left to mark these graves.
The “Remember Me” markers won’t be allowed in any other part of the cemetery.
For more information, call the cemetery at (785) 233-4132.
Following is a list of names of the children eligible for markers in the Remember Me project. You can donate online or send a check to Friends of Historic Topeka Cemetery, 1601 SE 10th Ave., Topeka, KS, 66607. Please include the name of the child you wish to remember, or we can choose on your behalf.
Here is a list of names of the children eligible for markers in the Remember Me program:
SECTION 73
Last name First name Date of death Date of birth
ANDEEN Infant 2/15/1916 2/15/1916
ANDERSON Margaret 1/31/1924 1/29/1924
ARMSTRONG William 8/6/1925 8/6/1925
ARNETT Infant 7/28/1913 7/28/1913
ARNOLD Harry 4/23/1911 1/1/1900
ARNOLD William Charles 8/13/1912 9/24/1911
BANFIELD Infant 7/27/1919 7/27/1919
BARNES Clara Benice 9/28/1918 9/28/1918
BARNETT Infant 1/24/1918 1/24/1918
BECKWITH Eva May 7/11/1925 7/11/1925
BECKWITH Myrtle F 3/1/1924 3/1/1924
BENNER Beatrice L 12/16/1918 1/1/1916
BENNETT William A 8/3/1917 5/15/1916
BERGER LaVon 12/12/1920 12/12/1920
BETT Infant 3/10/1920 3/7/1920
BILLUPS Donald E 5/2/1924 5/2/1924
BILLUPS Infant 9/12/1921 9/12/1921
BLAKE Jean L 3/21/1925 6/28/1924
BLAKE June 9/26/1924 6/28/1924
BORCK Wilbert C 6/19/1912 6/19/1912
BOWER Infant (Girl) 7/27/1920 7/27/1920
BRANDON Infant 9/1/1913 9/1/1913
BRANDT Donald 9/10/1915 9/10/1915
BRANDT Infant 12/28/1914 12/28/1914
BRIGGS George E 10/10/1911 5/12/1911
BROMICH Joey Infant Girl 5/28/1916 5/28/1916
BROWN Barbara J 11/5/1923 11/5/1923
BROWN Robert O. (Infant) 7/18/1925 6/24/1925
BUNDY Marlys Jane 1/15/1921 1/5/1921
BURBANK Infant 1/16/1912 1/16/1912
BURRELL Infant 1/29/1913 1/29/1913
BUSH Mary M 8/8/1911 4/16/1911
BUTLER Infant 6/5/1924 6/5/1924
CANDREIA Frank L 2/13/1933 9/9/1932
CANNADY Infant 3/24/1916 3/24/1916
CARLSON Infant 5/13/1912 5/13/1912
CARRUTHERS Virginia Lee 9/13/1920 8/25/1920
CASE Erma 1/12/1927 1/12/1927
CASEBEER Melven 2/10/1913 7/28/1912
CASEY Olof Jr 7/26/1919 1/12/1919
COKE Vilet C 12/15/1921 10/1/1920
COLGROVE Mona M 3/16/1926 2/3/1919
COLLINS Betty Joe 2/25/1924 2/25/1924
COLLINS George E 8/15/1925 8/15/1925
COLLINS Harold 2/15/1919 2/11/1919
COLLINS Infant 6/25/1917 6/25/1917
COLLINS Walter E 2/8/1912
COUNCIL Roberta A 7/15/1923 3/9/1922
COVERT Alfred D 5/26/1923 11/26/1922
COVEY Louise 9/18/1918 5/5/1918
CROSSWHITE Hazel M 10/22/1912 6/29/1912
CROW Fannie E 11/10/1910
CROW Rosa 5/10/1911
CUNNINGHAM Virginia R 8/9/1916 8/7/1916
CYPHERN Infant 5/8/1911 5/8/1911
DAVENPORT William Lee 6/29/1915 6/29/1915
DAVIS Infant (boy) 8/21/1921 8/21/1921
DOERR David A 12/5/1916 3/21/1914
DUESLER Robert W 8/29/1917 8/29/1917
DUNBAR Rachel 10/24/1914 4/18/1914
DUNGAN Infant 2/5/1920 2/5/1920
ERWIN Douglas 11/10/1917 11/9/1917
ERWIN Infant 12/27/1921 12/27/1921
FAIR Inez G 4/16/1911 4/18/1909
FELLOWS Hugh Melvin 8/13/1918 8/13/1918
FIELDS Ila Irene 9/7/1917 9/7/1917
FINK Infant 3/1/1916 2/26/1916
FORSELL Helge F 3/14/1909 1/1/1900
FORTNEY Orval Lee (Infant) 2/1/1922 1/21/1922
FRANKLIN Harry C 9/25/1917 9/24/1917
FRY Roy 3/12/1912 7/23/1910
FRYE Frank H Jr 12/20/1921 12/17/1921
FURGASON John C 7/4/1920 10/27/1900
GALE Robert E 10/14/1922 7/3/1922
GOFF Judson L Jr 10/12/1925 7/20/1925
GOODELL Don Charles 9/4/1911 8/7/1911
GORBUTT Gerald D 11/3/1924 10/31/1924
GREEN James Melvin 9/15/1926 9/15/1926
GREGORY Pearl V 2/11/1913 12/22/1912
GRENKE Benjamin 4/8/1912 5/10/1910
GRIFFITH Walter N 5/13/1916 5/10/1916
GUFFEY Myrtle L 10/30/1914 1/24/1907
HALL Jane L 10/15/1920 9/26/1920
HAMELL Norman E 9/12/1913 9/12/1913
HARMS Rex Edward 3/1/1925 4/10/1923
HARRIS Infant 4/18/1923 4/18/1923
HARRIS Infant 11/17/1920 11/17/1920
HARSHMAN Infant 8/29/1913 8/29/1913
HAVENS Maudie Irene 9/20/1917 7/23/1917
HAWKS Infant 10/15/1922 10/15/1922
HAYEK Hazel B 4/8/1931 1/5/1931
HAYES Infant 3/15/1912 3/14/1912
HELFRICK Infant 10/17/1915 10/17/1915
HELM Paul E 2/4/1913 2/1/1913
HENDERSON Jenne L 7/19/1920 6/20/1920
HENDERSON Raymond R 3/19/1912 3/8/1903
HERRINGTON James D 3/4/1923 3/4/1923
HETHERINGTON Clarence 10/12/1922 10/12/1922
HETHERINGTON Robert A 1/25/1927 1/22/1927
HICKEY Infant 10/29/1919 10/29/1919
HICKMAN Joseph R 2/11/1913 1/1/1908
HICKS Infant 10/13/1923 10/13/1923
HILL Bula 9/14/1916 9/14/1916
HILL Infant 1/6/1917 1/6/1917
HOBBS Elizabeth 2/24/1923 2/24/1923
HOLLAND Ruby Helen 8/19/1923 4/7/1923
HOLLIDAY Richard K 8/27/1925 8/13/1925
HOUCHIN Beulah L 2/5/1924 11/27/1923
HOWARD James 6/14/1918 6/14/1918
HOWE Betty 10/13/1917 10/13/1917
HOWELL Infant 5/19/1917 5/19/1917
HUGHES Mary F 11/12/1921 7/22/1920
HUNT Infant 12/28/1923 12/28/1923
INGALLS Infant 10/31/1919 10/31/1919
IRWIN Infant 4/7/1917 4/7/1917
JACKSON Bernard C 4/5/1924 7/4/1920
JACQUES Infant 10/7/1917 9/7/1917
JAMES Infant 6/18/1920 6/18/1920
JENNINGS Lucille 7/9/1910 7/9/1910
JOHNSON Anna 12/9/1912 12/9/1912
JOHNSON Arthur E Jr 12/18/1921 12/18/1921
JOHNSON Bernard 12/22/1919 12/22/1919
JOHNSON Mary Julia 4/8/1920 1/31/1920
JOHNSON Nordine L 6/9/1920 11/30/1918
JORDAN Infant 3/21/1924 3/21/1924
JORDAN Infant 6/29/1925 6/29/1925
KANODE Infant 2/15/1924 2/15/1924
KEETON Donald D 4/5/1919 2/17/1919
KENYON Orville D 11/2/1922 11/2/1922
KIDWELL Edna 8/16/1918 6/1/1918
KLOPFSTEIN Infant 2/11/1918 2/11/1918
KRICHSLIFF Bessie L 9/3/1924 8/18/1924
LACKEY Infant 10/5/1921 9/5/1921
LARGE William 11/20/1912 10/21/1905
LARY Aril L 6/24/1917 5/17/1911
LAWSON John B 9/5/1913 12/31/1912
LE FEVER Hugh 8/22/1912 8/16/1911
LEDFORD Wenston 4/28/1915 3/26/1914
LEVORE Jost Bauer 8/23/1915 8/1/1915
LEWIS Mildred Ruth 4/30/1924 4/26/1924
LILES Infant 7/19/1915 7/19/1915
LINDEN James L 8/13/1913 11/28/1912
LINES Infant 9/21/1919 9/21/1919
LONGSTAFF James D 5/23/1919 4/18/1919
LOVELESS Infant 3/3/1923 3/3/1923
LOWE Infant 3/20/1914 3/20/1914
MAIENSCHEIN Margaret 6/30/1911 2/11/1911
MAISNER August 12/6/1912 2/16/1912
MANUEL Jackie 12/6/1923 12/4/1923
MARSH Infant 2/27/1919 2/27/1919
MARTIN Fern E 10/30/1917 10/22/1917
MARTIN Frank 2/18/1911 2/18/1911
MARTIN Infant 7/3/1918 7/3/1918
MARTIN Thomas 2/18/1911 2/18/1911
MAY Lillie 9/30/1923 8/2/1923
McARDLE Wilma 8/23/1911 11/14/1910
McBRIDE Infant 8/25/1913 8/22/1913
McCALL Infant 3/21/1923 3/21/1923
McCALL Rolland D 6/12/1925 1/21/1925
McCLAIN Mabel 6/18/1912
McDANIEL Infant 5/16/1922 5/16/1922
McDONALD Infant 1/25/1914 1/25/1914
McDONALD Virgil D 3/13/1911 11/3/1906
McILVAIN Infant 5/31/1920 5/31/1920
McKINSEY Infant 1/4/1920 6/3/1919
McLAUGHLIN James H 7/14/1925 7/14/1925
McLEISCH Katherine T 6/28/1911 12/10/1910
McNALLEY Agnes 3/19/1910
McNIEL Infant 2/23/1913 2/23/1913
METZGER Elsie 11/5/1910 3/15/1904
MILLER Ardel Eugene 12/25/1923 12/24/1923
MILLER Dora 11/2/1925
MILLER Martin D 2/7/1912 1/29/1911
MOESER Harold E 5/18/1911 2/13/1911
MORGAN Robert Eugene 3/18/1925 3/18/1925
MOWER Infant 3/13/1923 3/13/1923
MURNEY Elizabeth E 12/24/1915 1/13/1905
NEISWANGER Thelma 1/19/1911 6/4/1910
NEWELL Clarence S 9/27/1918 8/10/1918
NEWELL Harry B Jr 10/7/1922 4/18/1922
NIELSON Leroy 3/31/1919 1/17/1919
NIXON Infant 7/16/1923 7/15/1923
NOLAN John H 2/13/1925 8/5/1924
NYQUIST Arthur 10/27/1911 7/12/1911
OBERG Infant 10/21/1921 10/21/1921
OTTO Felix Fayette 12/9/1912 1/20/1905
OVERHOLT Infant 11/17/1924 11/17/1924
PASCHAL Donald E 11/1/1911 9/16/1911
PATTERSON Carl O 12/24/1915 8/24/1915
PELTON Robert S 8/21/1917 8/21/1917
PETERS William 5/24/1911 5/24/1911
PETERSON Infant 6/29/1920 6/29/1920
PHILLIPS Infant 9/24/1915 9/24/1915
PHILLIPS Infant 9/9/1914 9/9/1914
PLANK Vera L 2/13/1912 8/6/1908
POPPAS Pete 8/22/1918 5/27/1918
PORTZ Infant 11/12/1922 11/12/1922
PRICE A Marcella 11/26/1919 11/10/1919
PUETT Carl 3/19/1915 1/1/1910
QUIN Evalyn 7/20/1912 7/21/1911
RAFFETY Vivian F 2/15/1923 2/15/1923
RAUCH Infant 12/3/1921 12/3/1921
RICKMAN Infant 1/27/1917 1/27/1917
ROBERTS Catherine F 3/29/1919 3/29/1919
ROBERTSON James 11/3/1923 11/3/1923
ROBINSON Charlie E 7/30/1916 7/29/1916
ROLLINS Infant 9/3/1924 9/3/1924
ROUSE Portia I 3/19/1925 3/13/1925
ROUST Albert C 3/13/1919 2/16/1919
RUNDLE Laura F 10/17/1924 10/16/1924
SANDERS Mary E 12/8/1914 12/8/1914
SCHOOLER Ethel 1/31/1910 9/2/1905
SCHOOLER Glen Rose 1/13/1923 6/13/1922
SCRITCHFIELD Stella E 2/5/1920 12/8/1919
SEBRELL Infant 9/11/1914 9/10/1914
SENGE Infant 1/10/1912 1/10/1912
SHAVER Baby 8/19/1920 8/19/1920
SHILLINGLAW Gordon 8/24/1914 8/21/1914
SHOOT Mary J 10/25/1909
SICKLER Infant 10/24/1921 10/24/1921
SMITH Harold D 12/30/1925 11/23/1925
SMITH Infant 8/4/1917 8/4/1917
SMITH Infant 12/20/1924 12/12/1924
SMITH Johnny 7/4/1918 7/3/1918
SNYDER Infant 3/2/1912 3/1/1912
SPIKER Margurite L 10/21/1918 12/3/1916
SPILMAN Reta Mae 11/6/1922 11/4/1922
STAERKEL Infant 12/22/1912 12/19/1912
STARKS Lillian Lorraine 2/18/1919 2/18/1919
STEARNS Gale E 7/21/1912 6/13/1912
STONE Infant 7/15/1912 7/15/1912
STRANBERG Infant (Boy) 9/21/1921 9/21/1921
SWEENY Infant 9/26/1912 9/26/1912
SWEET Infant 11/1/1921 11/1/1921
SWENDSON Edith 5/20/1915 1/18/1915
SWITZER Douglas W 9/23/1919 4/1/1919
TABOR Infant 4/6/1918 4/6/1918
TAYLOR Emma 12/28/1917 11/16/1917
TEEL Johnnie 7/30/1916 7/29/1916
THAYER Infant 7/15/1918 7/15/1918
THOMPSON Bernice 1/2/1916 2/15/1915
TYDEMAN Infant 5/5/1916 5/5/1916
UHREN Emma C 8/15/1913 3/15/1913
WALLACE Infant 2/7/1912 2/7/1912
WALSH Charles O 12/19/1918 9/20/1918
WARLEN June I 4/6/1924 4/5/1924
WATKINS Infant 11/24/1918 11/24/1918
WATSON Infant 9/22/1919 9/22/1919
WEBB Paul S Jr 9/30/1915 9/30/1915
WEBB Verna Ruth 5/31/1914 5/30/1914
WEEKS Bernice K 11/13/1912 10/30/1912
WEGE Earl 4/7/1916 1/1/1912
WETENGEL Theodore 9/2/1917 9/2/1917
WHITE James O G 9/20/1918 12/15/1917
WHITEKER Infant 1/4/1914 1/4/1914
WILKERSON Ruth E 2/21/1920 2/16/1920
WILLETT Carl 1/23/1914 5/4/1913
WILLIAMS Kenneth 2/19/1922 2/7/1922
WILSON Lucile 1/18/1915 1/17/1915
WINKLER Ralph 10/14/1922 10/14/1922
WOLFE Alice J 5/3/1912 5/3/1912
WOLFE Infant 3/7/1913 3/7/1913
WRIGHT Joe 9/21/1917 9/21/1917
YOCUM Infant 1/19/1913 1/19/1913
