Obituary Listings

Jun 1, 2019

Harold Seely was born on March 20, 1925 near Asherville, Kansas.  He grew up on the family farm south of Asherville and attended Asherville Grade School and Asherville High school graduating in 1942.  He studied electrical engineering in what is now Kansas State University for one year before fulfilling what he felt was his duty to his country by...

May 30, 2019

Mrs. Barbara Gene Finlayson (née Thull), age 71, of Wichita, KS, died unexpectedly on May 30th, 2019, at Overland Park Regional Hospital in Kansas City, KS.

Barbara was born November 4th, 1947, to Eugene N. and Frances K. (Heinen) Thull in Beloit, KS. Barbara attended St. Theresa's Grade School in Cawker City. During her high school years,...

May 19, 2019

Kenneth W. Fromm, age 93, entered his heavenly home on Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit. He was born on October 24, 1925, in Emporia, Kansas to Henry and Lillian Kohman Fromm. With both parents being of full German descent, he and his brother Eugene were raised in several German communities in the Flint Hills. Kenneth...

May 18, 2019

Virgil Anthony Palen was born on September 15, 1939 in Beloit, Kansas, the son of Benedict and Monica Koenigsman Palen. He died Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit at the age of 79.

Virgil spent most of his life in Tipton, where he attended and graduated from Tipton schools.

On June 1,...

May 8, 2019

Norman Edmond Newell was born May 24, 1937 in Damar, Kansas to Armond and Ruby Newell.  He went home to Jesus, Wednesday evening, May 8th at the age of 81 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. He was one of thirteen children and attended Damar High School. He then went on to attend...

Apr 29, 2019

Jim Allen Harlow was born on February 12, 1952 in Beloit, Kansas, the son of Wendell and Leta Geering Harlow. He died unexpectedly on Monday, April 29, 2019 at his home in Barnard, Kansas at the age of 67.

Jim spent most of his lifetime in the Barnard area. He graduated from Lincoln High School , and...

Apr 29, 2019

Pharus D. "Bud" Wiles was born on August 16, 1919 to Frank and Elsie Michal Wiles on a farm in the Blue Hill community, northeast of Hunter. He was the 12 th child, the third born of triplets. He passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit at the age of 99 years, 8...

Apr 18, 2019

Survivors include his wife Lois of the home; son Tim and wife Jill of Decatur, IL, daugher Sue and husband Bill Mehess of St. Helen's, OR, son L. Kelly and wife Sandra of Beloit, daughter Melissa and husband Kevin Hammond of Topeka; 10 grandchildren; & 6 great grandchildren. Cremation has taken place & services will take place at a...

Apr 17, 2019

Richard Allen Myers was born to Doyle and Louise Myers at Beloit, Kansas on May 25, 1948. He departed this life of 70 years Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at the Salina Regional Hospital in Salina, Kansas.

"Dick" as he was truly known and loved by all, grew up in Beloit. After a time in the Army, he...

Apr 14, 2019

Roberta (Bobbi) Ann Link was born on September 26, 1935 in Beloit, Kansas to Charles (Charlie) John and Esther Beatrice Minges. Bobbi's long and productive life of 83 years ended on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit.

Bobbi attended Beloit public schools and graduated from high school in 1953. She attended the University of...

Apr 10, 2019

Funeral services will be at 1:30 PM Monday, April 15 at the Roberts Family Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 1-6 PM Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Funeral Expense Fund.

Apr 5, 2019

Virginia Rae Halderson, Beloit, passed away April 5, 2019 at Mitchell County Resident Care Center.  She was born February 15, 1931, in Manhattan, Kan., the daughter of Ray and Lewida Fetters, Delphos.  She moved to Glasco at age four. She attended Glasco schools and graduated from Glasco High School in 1949. She spent the next year studying at Kansas...

Apr 1, 2019

Donald Wayne Cox was born on February 3, 1931 in Glade, Kansas, the son of Keith and Inez Underhill Cox. He died early Monday, April 1, 2019 at the Resident Care Center in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 88.

His family moved to Scandia when he was six years old, and later graduated from Scandia High...

Mar 28, 2019

Robert Lee Wilson, 76, died at his home in Marquette, Kansas on March 28, 2019. He was born on August 17, 1942 in Concordia, Kansas to Leo and Lila Wilson of Glasco, Kansas.

He graduated from Glasco High School with the class of 1961, and attended Hutchinson Junior College in Hutchinson, Kansas, and received a barbering degree...

Mar 28, 2019

Zella Maxine Webster was born on January 8, 1923 in Ringwood, Oklahoma, the daughter of Renno and Grace Fakes Arthur. She died Thursday, March 28, 2019 at the Downs Care and Rehabilitation Center in Downs, Kansas at the age of 96.

She grew up in Oklahoma before her family moved to Hanston, where she attended grade school...

Mar 28, 2019

James Dean Rountree, known to all as "Jim", was born December 12, 1934 to Harley R. and Thelma Laye Rountree at Clay Center, Kansas. He departed this life of 84 years, 3 months and 16 days, early Thursday morning, March 28, 2019 at his home in Glasco, Kansas. On April 1, 1956, he was united in marriage with Betty...

Mar 26, 2019

Marianne McMann Winkel was born July 8, 1930 in Beloit, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas Frank McMann and Mary Pearl Hutton. She died Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at the Mercy Hospital in Moundridge, Kansas at the age of 88.

She grew up 4 miles north of Beloit, and had one brother Lyle, who was 13 years older...

Mar 24, 2019

Celia Cleta Norton was born on the homestead of her Grandparents-Reverend John Haynes and Louisa Merrick-Haseltine located five miles south of Cawker City, Carr Creek Township in Mitchell County, Kansas at the home of her parents Ralph Leslie and Louise Kathryn Haseltine-Norton on 11 May 1916 as their fourth child.

Her parents were descendants of Pioneer Parents...

Mar 19, 2019

Cremation has taken place & services will take place at a later date.

Mar 16, 2019

Wayne C. Miner, age 71, died on March 16, 2019 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas.

He leaves his wife of 51 years, Linda Miner; his son, Kevin Miner of Osborne; his daughter, Amy Miner of Beloit; his sister, Calvina Thomas of Houston; brothers, Curtis Miner of Osborne, and Kendall Miner and wife Renee of...