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- Topeka Capital-Journal, 18 Dec 1999:
Robert Hilgardner
Robert T. "Bob" Hilgardner, 73, Topeka, died Friday, Dec. 17, 1999, at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Hilgardner worked for the Kansas City Star for several years, and in the public relations department at Southwestern Bell telephone for more than 28 years. He retired in 1983. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and the Korean War.
He was born Oct. 4, 1926, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Frank and Odessa Dobson Hilgardner. He graduated from Wyandotte High School and he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Kansas in 1949.
Mr. Hilgardner was a member of Countryside Christian Church, Telephone Pioneers and the Pioneers Family Campers.
He married Nola J. Blenden on March 25, 1962, in Wichita. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Bryan T. Hilgardner, Fort Worth, Texas; a sister, Shirley Allen, Kansas City, Kan.; a brother, Frank Hilgardner, Kansas City, Kan.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Parker-Price Mortuary. Burial will be in Rochester Cemetery. Mr. Hilgardner will lie in state after 2 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary, where relatives and friends will meet from 6 to 7 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to Countryside Christian Church, 2735 N.E. 36th St. Terrace, Topeka, 66617 or to the American Diabetes Association, Kansas Affiliate Inc., 3210 E. Kellogg, Wichita, 67208-3309.
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