Dixie Toelkes | |
State House: | Kansas |
District: | 53rd |
Term Start: | 1995 |
Term End: | 2002[1] |
Predecessor: | Denise Everhart |
Successor: | Roger Toelkes |
Birth Name: | Dixie Hummer |
Birth Date: | 4 August 1935 |
Birth Place: | Topeka, Kansas |
Death Place: | Topeka, Kansas |
Party: | Democrat |
Spouse: | Roger Toelkes (m. Nov. 27, 1954) |
Children: | 2[2] |
Residence: | Topeka, Kansas |
Alma Mater: | Kansas State University (Master's degree) |
Dixie E. Toelkes (August 4, 1935 - June 30, 2015) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1995 to 2002. She represented the 53rd District and lived in Topeka, Kansas.
Toelkes worked as a special education teacher. She was first elected in 1994 and took office in 1995. She served until 2002, when health problems led to her retirement; her husband, Roger, was appointed to fill her seat and was re-elected to one term in his own right.