More than 800 infants and children are buried in Sections 73 and 89. The flags show the graves that are unmarked. Friends of Historic Topeka Cemetery want to change that.

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 project will be 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. These markers will not be placed in any other section of the cemetery.
The granite markers will be 8 inches by 16 inches and bear the name of the child and the year of death. The cost will be $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 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 in Section 89 eligible for markers in the Remember Me project.

You may donate online by clicking the button below and choosing the "Other" option to pay $125. Send a separate e-mail to TopekaCemetery@gmail.com and tell us which grave you would like to mark. **Notes grave has be chosen by a donor.

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Section 73

ADAMS Infant September 06 1911 1911

ANDEEN Infant February 15 1916 1916

ANDERSON Infant January 29 1924 1924

ARMSTRONG William August 06 1925 1925

ARNETT Infant July 28, 1913 1913

ARNOLD William Charles September 24 1911 1912

BAIRD Aletha February 1, 1918 1919

BANFIELD Infant July 27, 1919 1919

BARNETT Infant January 24 1918 1918

BARNES Clara Benice September 28 1918 1918

BARNEY Infant October 16 1910 1910

BECKWITH Eva May July 11, 1925 1925

BECKWITH Myrtle F March 01 1924 1924

BENNETT Infant September 04 1910 1910

BENNETT William A May 15 1916 1917

BENNER Beatrice L 1916 1918

BERGER Infant December 12 1920 1920

BETT Infant March 7, 1920 1920

BETTS Infant November 25 1911 1911

BILLUPS Donald E. May 02 1924 1924

BILLUPS Infant September 12 1921 1921

BISHOP HarryJr (Inf) April 5, 1911 1911

BLAKE Jean L. June 28, 1924 1925

BLAKE June June 28, 1924 1924

BORCK Wilbert C June 19, 1912 1912

BOWER Infant (girl) July 27, 1920 1920

BRANDON Infant September 01 1913 1913

BRANDT Infant December 28 1914 1914

BRIGGS George E. May 12 1911 1911

BROMICH Infant girl Joey May 28 1916 1916

BROWN Barbara J November 05 1923 1923

BROWN Infant November 29 1910 1910

BROWN John H September 02 1915 1915

BROWN Nels B. December 1, 1908 1910

BROWN Robert O. June 24, 1925 1925

BRUBAKER Infant July 18, 1910 1910

BUNDY Marlys Jane January 05 1921 1921

BURBANK Infant January 16 1912 1912

BURGHART Marcella November 13 1921 1921

BURGHART Marcey L August 15 1922 1922

BURRELL Infant January 29 1913 1913

BUSH Mary M April 16, 1911 1911

BUTLER Infant June 5, 1924 1924

CANDREIA Frank L September 09 1932 1933

CANNADY Infant March 24 1916 1916

CARLSON Infant May 13 1912 1912

CARRUTHERS Virginia Lee August 25 1920 1920

CASE Erma January 12 1927 1927

CASEBEER Melven July 28, 1912 1913

CASEY Olof, Jr. January 12 1919 1919

CATT Nellie L (twin) October 13 1923 1923

CATT Teddy L (twin) October 13 1923 1923

CHAROWHAS Oscar June 22, 1906 1910

CLIFTON Infant January 09 1915 1915

CLIFTON Infant May 15 1914 1914

CLIFTON Infant January 19 1923 1923

CLIFTON Robert L February 03 1924 1924

COCHRAN Infant June 11, 1911 1911

COE Beulah January 31 1911 1911

COKE Vilet C. October 01 1920 1921

COLGROVE Mona M February 03 1919 1926

COLLINS Betty Joe February 25 1924 1924

COLLINS George E August 15 1925 1925

COLLINS Harold February 11 1919 1919

COLLINS Infant June 25, 1917 1917

COLLINS Paul November 13 1903 1911

COLLINS Walter E. February 08 1912

COUNCIL Roberta A March 09 1922 1923

COVERT Alfred D November 26 1922 1923

COVEY Louise May 05 1918 1918

COZAD Raleigh K. 1912 1913

CROSSWHITE Hazel M June 29, 1912 1912

CROWDER Florence May 22 1906 1908

CUMMICKEL Infant January 07 1920 1920

CUNNINGHAM Virginia R August 07 1916 1916

CYPHERN Infant May 08 1911 1911

DALIEN Infant May 22 1910 1910

DAVENPORT William Lee June 29, 1915 1915

DENNIS Infant April 7, 1924 1924

DOERR David A March 21 1914 1916

DOERR Theressa 1910 1911

DOUGHERTY Ruth L About 1914 1918

DUESLER Robert W. August 29 1917 1917

DUNBAR Rachel April 18, 1914 1914

DUNGAN Infant February 05 1920 1920

ELLIOT Infant May 21 1910 1910

ELLIOTT Margaret A January 04 1917 1917

ERWIN Douglas November 09 1917 1917

ERWIN Infant December 27 1921 1921

EVANS Infant June 20, 1910 1910

FAIR Inez G April 18, 1909 1911

FELLOWS Hugh Melvin August 13 1918 1918

FIELDS Ila Irene September 07 1917 1917

FINK Infant February 26 1916 1916

FORSELL Helge F. 1900 1909

FORTNEY Orval Lee January 21 1922 1922

FRANKLIN Harry C. September 24 1917 1917

FRY Dorothy Thelma December 31 1910 1911

FRY Roy July 23, 1910 1912

FURGASON Infant July 27, 1911 1911

GALE Robert E. July 3, 1922 1922

GASKINS Frank A February 28 1909 1911

GIBSON Infant January 02 1914 1914

GOFF Judson L, Jr July 20, 1925 1925

GOODELL Don Charles August 07 1911 1911

GORBUTT Gerald D. October 31 1924 1924

GOULD Infant February 24 1911 1911

GREGORY Pearl V December 22 1912 1913

GRENKE Benjamin May 10 1910 1912

GRIFFITH Walter N May 10 1916 1916

GRISSINGER Herold September 09 1909 1910

GUFFEY Myrtle L January 24 1907 1914

HETHERINGTON Clarence October 12 1922 1922

HETHERINGTON Robert A January 22 1927 1927

HALL Jane L. September 26 1920 1920

HAMELL Norman E. September 12 1913 1913

HARMS Rex Edward April 10, 1923 1925

HARRIS Infant November 17 1920 1920

HARRIS Infant April 18, 1923 1923

HARRISON Bruce P August 08 1915 1915

HARSHMAN Infant August 29 1913 1913

HART Francis L August 29 1911 1914

HAWKINS Infant April 29, 1913 1913

HAWKS Infant October 15 1922 1922

HAYEK Hazel B January 05 1931 1931

HAYES Infant March 14 1912 1912

HELFRICK Infant October 17 1915 1915

HELM Paul E February 01 1913 1913

HENDERSON Jenne L June 20, 1920 1920

HERLEMAN Wilbur January 07 1910 1910

HERRINGTON James D March 04 1923 1923

HICKEY Infant October 29 1919 1919

HICKMAN Joseph R 1908 1913

HICKS Infant October 13 1923 1923

HILL Bula September 14 1916 1916

HILL Infant January 06 1917 1917

HOBBS Elizabeth February 24 1923 1923

HOFFMAN Infant February 20 1912 1912

HOLLAND Ruby Helen April 7, 1923 1923

HOLLIDAY Richard K August 13 1925 1925

HOUCHIN Beulah L. November 27 1923 1924

HOWARD James June 14, 1918 1918

HOWE Betty October 13 1917 1917

HOWELL Infant May 19 1917 1917

HUBICK Infant May 28 1916 1916

HUGHES Infant April 27, 1923 1923

HUGHES Mary F July 22, 1920 1921

HUNT Infant December 28 1923 1923

INGALLS Infant October 31 1919 1919

IRWIN Infant April 7, 1917 1917

JACKSON Bernard C. July 4, 1920 1924

JACQUES Infant September 07 1917 1917

JAMES Infant June 18, 1920 1920

JOHNSON Anna December 09 1912 1912

JOHNSON Bernard E December 22 1919 1919

JOHNSON Ethel M May 23 1924 1927

JOHNSON Mary Julia January 31 1920 1920

JOHNSON Nordine L November 30 1918 1920

JORDAN Infant March 21 1924 1924

JORDAN Infant June 29, 1925 1925

KANODE Infant February 15 1924 1924

KEETON Donald D. February 17 1919 1919

KENYON Orville D. November 02 1922 1922

KIDWELL Edna June 1, 1918 1918

KING Infant April 3, 1920 1920

KING MartinL April 3, 1920 1920

KLOPFSTEIN Infant February 11 1918 1918

KLOPIZINI Alexander February 19 1911 1911

KRICHSLIFF Bessie L. August 18 1924 1924

LACKEY Infant September 05 1921 1921

LAWSON John B December 31 1912 1913

LE FEVER Hugh August 16 1911 1912

LEDFORD Wenston March 26 1914 1915

LEFF Lucile December 24 1908 1910

LEGGEE Catherine P August 16 1910 1911

LeVORE Jost Bauer August 01 1915 1915

LEWIS Mildred Ruth April 26, 1924 1924

LILES Infant July 19, 1915 1915

LINDEN James L. November 28 1912 1913

LINES Infant September 21 1919 1919

LONGSTAFF James D April 18, 1919 1919

LOPER Infant October 24 1910 1910

LOVELESS Infant March 03 1923 1923

LOWE Infant March 20 1914 1914

LOWMAN Albert December 01 1924 1924

LOWMAN Alberta December 01 1924 1924

LUTY Joseph NA 1909

MAISNER August February 16 1912 1912

MANUEL Jackie December 04 1923 1923

MARSH Infant February 27 1919 1919

MARTIN Blair A June 2, 1906 1906

MARTIN Fern E October 22 1917 1917

MARTIN Frank February 18 1911 1911

MARTIN Infant November 16 1904 1904

MARTIN Infant July 3, 1918 1918

MARTIN Thomas February 18 1911 1911

MAY Lillie August 02 1923 1923

McARDLE Wilma November 14 1910 1911

McBRIDE Infant August 22 1913 1913

McCALL Infant March 21 1923 1923

McCALL Rolland D January 21 1925 1925

McDANIEL Infant May 16 1922 1922

McDONALD Infant January 25 1914 1914

McDONALD Virgil D November 03 1906 1911

McILVAIN Infant May 31 1920 1920

McINTOSH Arthur June 11, 1907 1911

McKINSEY Infant June 3, 1919 1920

McLAUGHLIN James H July 14, 1925 1925

McLEISCH Katherine T December 10 1910 1911

McNIEL Infant February 23 1913 1913

MILLER Ardel Eugene December 24 1923 1923

MILLER MartinD January 29 1911 1912

MOESER Harold E February 13 1911 1911

MOWER Infant March 13 1923 1923

NEISWANGER Thelma L June 4, 1910 1911

NEWELL Clarence S August 10 1918 1918

NEWELL Harry B Jr April 18, 1922 1922

NISEWONGER Gwendolyn January 20 1910 1910

NIXON Infant July 15, 1923 1923

NOLAN John H August 05 1924 1925

NYQUIST Arthur July 12, 1911 1911

OBERG Infant October 21 1921 1921

OVERHOLT Infant November 17 1924 1924

PETERS William May 24 1911 1911

PETERSON Infant June 29, 1920 1920

PETERSON John 1836 1909

PADDOCK Infant July 7, 1910 1910

PALMER Dorothy M September 28 1909 1910

PASCHAL Donald E September 16 1911 1911

PATTERSON Carl O August 24 1915 1915

PAUL Infant February 25 1911 1911

PELHAM Welbert April 13, 1905 1925

PELTON Robert S August 21 1917 1917

PHILLIPS Infant September 24 1915 1915

PHILLIPS Infant September 09 1914 1914

POPPAS Pete May 27 1918 1918

PORTZ Infant November 12 1922 1922

PRICE A Marcella November 10 1919 1919

PUETT Carl About1910 1915

PUETT Verra December 16 1904 1908

QUIN Evalyn July 21, 1911 1912

RAFFETY Vivian F February 15 1923 1923

RAUCH Infant December 03 1921 1921

RICHARDS Katie June 18, 1911 1913

RICKMAN Infant January 27 1917 1917

ROBERTS Catherine F March 29 1919 1919

ROBINSON Charlie E July 29, 1916 1916

ROBINSON Infant April 8, 1913 1913

ROLLINS Infant September 03 1924 1924

ROUSH Marjory B July 23, 1909 1910

RUNDLE Laura F October 16 1924 1924

SALYER Theodore Milton NA 1909

SANDERS Mary E. December 08 1914 1914

SCHOLTZ Infant April 10, 1911 1911

SCHOOLER Glen Rose June 13, 1922 1923

SCHWENIMER Alex July 17, 1912 1914

SCHWENIMER Mary July 13, 1910 1910

SCRITCHFIELD Stella E. December 08 1919 1920

SEBRILL Infant September 10 1914 1914

SELDER Arthur B., Jr. November 20 1913 1913

SENGE Infant November 10 1910 1910

SENGE Infant January 10 1912 1912

SHAVER Baby August 19 1920 1920

SHILLINGLAW Gordon August 21 1914 1914

SHINKLE Charles C. September 1, 1909 1911

SICKLER Infant October 24 1921 1921

SIMONS Infant March 15 1911 1911

SLOAN Frank B September 28 1910 1910

SLOAN Infant November 18 1911 1911

SMITH Harold D. November 23 1925 1925

SMITH Infant August 04 1917 1917

SMITH Infant December 12 1924 1924

SMITH Johnnie July 3, 1918 1918

SNYDER Infant March 01 1912 1912

SPIKER Margurite L. December 03 1916 1918

SPILMAN Reta Mae November 04 1922 1922

STAERKEL Infant December 19 1912 1912

STARKS Lillian Lorraine February 18 1919 1919

STEARNS Gale E June 13, 1912 1912

STEWART Infant March 07 1912 1912

STONE Infant July 15, 1912 1912

STONE Virgil December 03 1910 1910

STRANBERG Infant (Boy) September 21 1921 1921

SWANDSON Edith L January 1, 1915 1915

SWEET Infant November 01 1921 1921

SWEENY Infant September 26 1912 1912

SWITZER Douglas W April 1, 1919 1919

TABOR Infant April 6, 1918 1918

TAYLOR Emma November 16 1917 1917

TEEL Johnnie July 29, 1916 1916

THAYER Infant July 15, 1918 1918

THOMPSON Bernice February 15 1915 1916

THOMPSON Oscar June 28, 1907 1910

TUCKER E Frederick August 05 1911 1911

TUCKER Jack July 31, 1905 1911

TYDEMAN Infant May 05 1916 1916

UHREN Emma C March 15 1913 1913

WALLACE Infant February 07 1912 1912

WALSH Charles O September 20 1918 1918

WARLEN June I April 5, 1924 1924

WASSBERG Infant May 21 1912 1912

WATKINS Infant November 24 1918 1918

WATSON Infant September 22 1919 1919

WEBB Paul S Jr September 30 1915 1915

WEBB Verna Ruth May 30 1914 1914

WEEKS Bernice K October 30 1912 1912

WELLMAN Harriett L July 28, 1914 1914

WETENGEL Theodore September 02 1917 1917

WHITE James O G December 15 1917 1918

WHITEKER Infant January 04 1914 1914

WHITMAN Thomas C January 21 1911 1911

WHITTEN Harold E August 26 1910 1911

WILKERSON Ruth E February 16 1920 1920

WILL ETT Carl May 04 1913 1914

WILLIAMS Kenneth February 07 1922 1922

WILSON Louise M April 17, 1900 1908

WILSON Lucile January 17 1915 1915

WILSON Walter October 31 1908 1908

WINKLER Ralph October 14 1922 1922

WOLFE Alice J May 03 1912 1912

WOLFE Infant March 07 1913 1913

WOODRUFF Robert March 19 1909 1910

WRIGHT Joe September 21 1917 1917

YOCUM Infant January 19 1913 1913

ZART-SCOTT Infant November 07 1936 1936

Section 89

AKERSTROM Shirley J July 17, 1933 1933

ALEXANDER Dorene Mae September 09 1944 1945

ALEXANDER Franklin D. November 1, 1934 1936

ARMSTRONG Infant April 14, 1926 1926

BAKER Vina Lee April 24, 1926 1926

BARNES Donald M. November 16 1931 1932

BAY Marguerite March 27 1926 1926

BECKER Infant June 04 1930 1930

BECKLEY Jene Elberta. January 21 1930 1930

BILLUPS Infant September 24 1936 1936

BLACK Infant February 19 1930 1930

BOARD Infant August 07 1937 1937

BOGART Carol Sue July 25, 1939 1939

BREHM Infant March 05 1926 1926

BROOKS Norma Ray March 25 1937 1937

BROWN Jonathan December 21 1985 1986

BRUMBAUGH Harold S. November 11 1929 1929

BRYANT Infant December 06 1925 1925

BURNETT Virginia J October 03 1928 1928

BUTTS Bernard Ernest December 13 1925 1925

CARNES Shirley R. July 12, 1932 1933

CARNEY Infant February 01 1930 1930

CARNS Carl J. September 11 1928 1928

CARNS Infant April 29, 1932 1932

CISLINI Infant June 29 1932 1932

COE Donald Lee March 19 1938 1938

COVERT Infant May 01 1926 1926

CUNNINGHAM Allen Bryon September 15 1935 1935

DAMMON Infant September 18 1933 1933

DENNEY Larry Lee December 09 1931 1931

Des GEORGES Patricia November 10 1928 1929

DICK Donald Lee June 16 1928 1928

EGLAND Infant January 31 1936 1936

ELVINS Lillian August 11 1935 1935

FITTRO Keith R March 18 1930 1930

FRYE John February 20 1934 1934

GILDEHOUS Vincent E March 03 1926 1926

GILL Richard Leo February 27 1924 1927

GOLDSMITH Alice E December 08 1929 1929

GORDON Marion LeRoy September 16 1926 1926

GUSTAFSON Albert March 07 1928 1928

HAMILTON Raymond D. December 22 1926 1926

HARMS Charles D March 21 1927 1927

HARPER Rex William October 19 1937 1937

HARVEY Virginia February 05 1930 1931

HAWK William Elden November 11 1924 1925

HAWKENBERRY Kenneth April 9, 1938 1938

HAWVER Infant December 20 1931 1931

HAYES Charles F August 24 1928 1930

HAYES Richard J January 19 1932 1934

HEMRICK Infant February 08 1927 1927

HICKEY Infant April 8, 1929 1929

HILL Thomas September 21 1940 1940

HILYARD Terry E December 13 1937 1937

HINDSLEY Alvin Perry May 16 1939 1939

HODGES Walter E. April 27, 1930 1930

HOWARD Infant August 01 1928 1928

HUTCHISON Infant July 12, 1927 1927

KEEFER Eugene G. October 06 1886 1891

KELLER Eugene September 28 1928 1928

KERR Edward N April 1, 1941 1941

KERR Eleanor Mae October 05 1937 1937

KRENTZ MartinJr. December 05 1929 1929

LANDRETH Ruby D September 24 1936 1937

LANNAN Infant May 03 1929 1929

LAUVER Infant November 08 1926 1926

MALLORY Infant September 02 1936 1936

MATTHEWS Infant March 24 1927 1927

McCALL David June 28 1935 1935

McEWAN Infant March 11 1929 1929

McLAUGHLIN Edna M July 21, 1937 1937

MEISTER Marlin D December 12 1932 1933

MERREL Betty Darlene December 27 1940 1941

MERRITT Waldon April 16, 1942 1942

MILBURN Infant October 16 1927 1927

MILLER Raymond June 13 1926 1926

MILTON Mary Alice July 28, 1940 1940

MONGOLD Francis M September 18 1934 1934

MORRIS Infant April 22, 1930 1930

MOSHER Betty Jo May 30 1938 1938

MULLEN Curtis H Jr June 30 1926 1927

NEDEAU Marvin Edward March 31 1929 1930

NELSON Infant October 28 1929 1929

NELSON Infants December 24 1925 1925

NELSON infants December 24 1925 1925

PATTON Infant March 07 1926 1926

PAYNE Infant December 10 1928 1928

PAYNE Infant March 03 1930 1930

PENCE Infant April 24, 1937 1937

RAYBORN Marin Lee February 27 1927 1927

REEDY LeRoy Wesley July 5, 1935 1935

RICHMOND Carl Ray April 21, 1941 1944

RICKEL Jimmy Lee March 18 1933 1933

ROBERTS Charles Ray December 31 1924 1926

ROBERTSON James Lee November 04 1945 1945

ROBINSON Georgia L June 11 1937 1937

ROTH Infant July 23, 1935 1935

SALYER Martin William April 6, 1935 1935

SAXE Infant July 21, 1940 1940

SHIELDS Burton September 05 1928 1928

SHIELDS Robert September 05 1928 1928

SHRIER Infant October 30 1929 1929

SIMS Infant May 26 1930 1930

SISSON Infant December 09 1925 1925

SISSON Infant August 30 1928 1928

SISSON Infant July 5, 1935 1935

SMITH Darrell Dean June 11 1928 1928

SMITH Infant January 27 1928 1928

SMITH Jerry Wayne July 1, 1942 1942

SMITH Ronald Jene November 06 1936 1938

SNEDEN Linda Kay November 20 1942 1942

SNOOK Judith Ann November 04 1939 1939

SNYDER Infant November 30 1925 1925

ST CLAIR Betty March 28 1926 1926

SWAFFORD Infant February 13 1927 1927

TAYLOR Barbara L January 06 1938 1938

TERRILL Garna D July 24, 1935 1935

THOMPSON Harry Scott December 25 1942 1942

THOMPSON Infant July 8, 1929 1929

TIBBETTS Infant April 6, 1927 1927

VAN VLECK Norma Kay December 01 1943 1943

VOILES Infant July 26, 1901 1901

WALKER Marjorie B July 1, 1925 1926

WATKINS Infant May 24 1928 1928

WISEMAN Thomas June 01 1938 1938

WITHAM Charles Edmond September 29 1940 1940

WOOD Infant April 23, 1926 1926

WORKMAN Infant January 11 1929 1929

YOUNG Infant May 30 1936 1936