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Sylvester J. Desch

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Birth	:	26 Apr 1915 Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	16 May 2004 Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Dorchester Memorial Park, Cambridge, Dorchester County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.5501370, -76.0193070
Plot	:	McInerney, Lot 532-W
Description	:	Sylvester J. Desch, 89, Topeka, died Sunday, May 16, 2004, at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Desch was employed by AT&SF Railway for 40 years before he retired in 1975. He was born April 26, 1915, in Topeka, the son of Jacob J. and Barbara Stadler Desch. Mr. Desch was a charter member of St. Matthew Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 534, the James W. Gibbons Assembly of the Fourth Degree, a Eucharist minister at the church and a member of Adoration at the church. He married Lillian Stein on May 20, 1941, at Assumption Catholic... Read More	Sylvester J. Desch, 89, Topeka, died Sunday, May 16, 2004, at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Desch was employed by AT&SF Railway for 40 years before he retired in 1975. He was born April 26, 1915, in Topeka, the son of Jacob J. and Barbara Stadler Desch. Mr. Desch was a charter member of St. Matthew Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 534, the James W. Gibbons Assembly of the Fourth Degree, a Eucharist minister at the church and a member of Adoration at the church. He married Lillian Stein on May 20, 1941, at Assumption Catholic Church. She survives. A son, Stephen J. Desch, died Feb. 28, 1994. Survivors besides his wife include a son, Kenny Desch, Topeka; five daughters, Shirley Fitzgibbons, Marilyn Dechand, Delores Enns and Sue Carney, all of Topeka, and Rose Dechand, Lawrence; a brother, Joseph Desch, Topeka; two sisters, Tillie Esser, Topeka, and Sr. Mary Barbara Desch OVN; 14 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Matthew Catholic Church with the Rev. Patric Riley celebrating. Interment will follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Desch will lie in state after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the church, where a parish rosary will be recited at 5:30 p.m. and a Knights of Columbus Council No. 534 rosary at 6:30 p.m. followed by a 4th degree chalice ceremony. Memorial contributions may be given to St. Matthew Catholic Church or St. Matthew's School and sent in care of Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home. Topeka Capital-Journal, 5/17/2004Info provided by 47188065

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Sylvester J. Desch's memorial is located at: Dorchester Memorial Park, Cambridge, Dorchester County, USA.
When did Sylvester J. Desch death?
Sylvester J. Desch death on 16 May 2004 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 38.5501370
Longitude: -76.0193070

Family Members:

Parent

Jacob John Desch

(1892 - 1960)

Barbara Susan Stadler Desch

(1892 - 1971)

Spouse

Lillian Mae Stein Desch

(1916 - 2007)

Siblings

Lawrence George Desch Sr.

(1916 - 1962)

Mathilda “Tillie” Desch Esser

(1926 - 2019)

Joseph Paul “Joe” Desch

(1930 - 2020)

Children

Shirley Ann Desch Fitzgibbons

(1942 - 2013)

Stephen John Desch

(1950 - 1994)

Kenneth “Kenny” Desch

(1954 - 2004)

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