WHOS BURIED IN TOPEKAS TOMBS?
Burton Hill, founder of Hill Packing Company, was born in 1880 in Wabaunsee County, and moved to Topeka when he was eight. He started his rendering business in 1907, processing tallow, hides and meat meal. The Hill Packing Company was organized in 1930 and continued rendering work, but also began manufacturing pet food. Hill packing plants are now in major cities all over the nation, and Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. is still a major employer in Topeka. Mr. Hill is buried in Rochester Cemetery, Section 11. Gov. Alf Landon was former governor of Kansas and Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1938. Although soundly defeated by FDR in that election, Landon remained a nationally respected politician. Born in 1887 in Pennsylvania, Landon became independently wealthy in the oil industry in the 1920s. He was Kansas Governor from 1933 until 1937. Landon’s daughter, Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, served Kansas in the U.S. Senate for three terms, 1979-1996. Alf died soon after celebratin
