Delores Longenecker

June 10, 1928 - April 7, 2022

Delores Josephine Longenecker, 93, Topeka Kansas, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022. Delores was born June 10, 1928, in Yankton, South Dakota, to Matthew and Catherine Dalhoff Wagner. She attended schools in Manning, Iowa and business college in Des Moines. She served as the bookkeeper and secretary at Aquinas High School in David City, Nebraska for 25 years. Delores met the love of her life, Richard Longenecker, on a Greyhound bus to Des Moines. On September 24, 1947, they were united in marriage enjoying 60 years together. Delores was a member of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church. She enjoyed word searches and bird watching. Every family birthday and anniversary included a card and a handwritten letter from Delores which are cherished. She loved her family deeply and was deeply loved in return. She will be greatly missed. Grateful to have shared her life are her children, Carol “CJ” Deuninck, Deb Dumas, Rick Longenecker (Jeanne), Kellen Longenecker (Angie Janke, fiancé), Kent Longenecker (Michelle), Ann Kirmse (Kevin), and Brent Longenecker (Tina); 21 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson; siblings, Eugene “Bud” Wagner (Marj), John “Jack” Wagner (Darlene), Vern Wagner (Judy), Kathy Popp and Don Wagner (June); and numerous nieces and nephews. Delores was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Richard, infant son, Martin Scott, great-grandson, Gabriel Hippen, sister, Alice Stangl, son-in-law, Gary Dumas, daughter-in-law, Jeanne Longenecker, brothers-in-law, Don Stangl and Larry Popp and sister-in-law, Diane Wagner. The rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, where visitation will follow until 8 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Church and will be livestreamed on Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home Facebook page. Cremation will follow and inurnment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Manilla, Iowa at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to Aquinas Catholic High School, David City NE, Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, or to Interim Home Healthcare, and sent in care of Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, 2801 SW Urish Road, Topeka KS 66614. Condolences may be sent online to www.kevinbrennanfamily.com.