Topeka High School/Topeka West High School
1962
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In Memory
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Katherine E. Shelton (Krider)
Mary and I became good friends our senior year at THS, when we both worked on the yearbook. Mary also began dating THS classmate Steve Larson that year, and in the fall of 1962 the three of us all went off to K-State. Mary and Steve continued dating at K-State.
During the summer of 1965, Mary and I and a third friend had a splendid time traveling to eleven European countries, and Morocco, in ten weeks.
Mary and Steve were married shortly after KSU graduation in 1966. My future husband was a fraternity brother of Steve’s, and we were also married in 1966. Steve and Mary moved to Denver, where she taught English at Lake Junior High School. On December 23, 1970, Mary was killed in an auto accident while returning to Topeka for Christmas. She had been my best friend for eight years, and her untimely death left a hole in the lives of the many who loved her.