Recollections of the 1966 Topeka Tornado

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Other TitleTornado memories - Phil & Janice Smerchek Wilkes Last edited by: Katie Keckeisen

DescriptionThree page document submitted in response to the "Remember the Topeka Tornado of '66" event held at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library on June 3, 2003; tells the personal memories of Phil and Janice (Smerchek) Wilkes; they were completing preparations for their upcoming wedding; remembers seeing the tornado from Janice's parent's farmhouse on 61st street; Phil and Janice's brother drove to nearby houses to check on the neighbor and found several houses completely destroyed; first two pages are the typewritten recollections, final page contains two black and white photos of Jan and Phil on their wedding day, which was just four days after the tornado Last edited by: Katie Keckeisen

CreatorWilkes, Phil Last edited by: Katie Keckeisen

Wilkes, Janice (Smerchek) Last edited by: Katie Keckeisen

Subject1966 Topeka Tornado Last edited by: Katie Keckeisen

I Remember...the Topeka Tornado Last edited by: Katie Keckeisen

Personal narratives Last edited by: Katie Keckeisen

1966 Tornado Last edited by: Katie Keckeisen

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Topeka (Kan.) Last edited by: Katie Keckeisen

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LanguageEnglish Last edited by: Katie Keckeisen