Obituary Listings

Dennis Bunch

Dennis Bunch

Dec 22, 2019

Dennis Lynn Bunch, age 48, went to be with the Lord on December 22, 2019 in Wichita, Kansas. He was born November 26, 1971 in Beloit, Kansas, the son of Ed "Buck" and Mary Louise Hartman Bunch.

He was a lifetime resident of Beloit, and was known as a sweet and loving person.

Survivors include...

Michael J. Kadel

Michael J. Kadel

Dec 20, 2019

Michael Joseph Kadel was born on December 2, 1948 in Beloit, Kansas, the son of Eugene and Mary Kelly Kadel. He died Friday, December 20, 2019 after a brief battle with cancer at his home in Beloit at the age of 71.

Mike grew up on the family farm and attended Kackley Grade School before attending and...

Patricia L. Jones

Patricia L. Jones

Dec 17, 2019

Patricia Louise Jones was born on June 4, 1933 in Beloit, Kansas, the daughter of Kenneth and Katherine Payne White. She died early Tuesday, December 17, 2019 in the Presbyterian Manor in Newton, Kansas at the age of 86.

She grew up and went to school in Beloit, where she graduated from Beloit High School. Following graduation,...

Evelyn Freeburn

Evelyn Freeburn

Dec 10, 2019

Evelyn Mary Kopriva Freeburn was born on October 16, 1926 in rural Hill County near Abbott, Texas to Vinc and Amalie Ruzijcka Urbanovsky. She died Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 93.

She was the third of four children, and had one brother and two sisters. At a very...

Patty J Cooper

Patty J Cooper

Dec 4, 2019

Patty Jean (Fulhage) Cooper was born September 30, 1939 in Toronto, Kansas to Ernest and Olive Van Pelt Fulhage. She lived there with her family until they moved to the farm south of Beloit, when Patty was still small. She went to country school until she entered high school, and then attended Beloit Jr. Sr. High School in town....

Richard B. Heeler

Richard B. Heeler

Dec 1, 2019

Richard Boyd Heeler was born on April 4, 1949 in Hunter, Kansas, the son of Richard F. and Charlotte Rounkles Heeler. He died Sunday, December 1, 2019 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 70.

Richard grew up in Hunter, and the family moved to Beloit his senior year in high school, where he...

Janette Pounds

Janette Pounds

Nov 21, 2019

Janette Faye Pounds was born March 21, 1962 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Milton and Wanda (Nutz) Henderson. Janette passed away Thursday, November 21, 2019 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit at the age of 57.

Janette attended Glasco Elementary and Glasco High School. She graduated in May of 1980.

On November 26, 1983, she...

Lolita Silsby

Lolita Silsby

Nov 12, 2019

Lolita Mae Silsby was born to L. Marie (Hansen) and Leo Beanblossom at home on a farm in the Burr Oak, Kansas area on October 31, 1924. She died Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at the Mitchell County Resident Care Center. All her surviving children were with her at the end.

Lolita worked many jobs in her long...

Mary Dillon

Mary Dillon

Nov 7, 2019

Mary Rose Dillon was born on February 9, 1916 on the family farm near Cawker City, Kansas, the daughter of Frederick and Laura Megli Boehner. She died Thursday, November 7, 2019 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 103.

Mary grew up and attended school in the Cawker City area, and later graduated from...

Martin "Martinus Or Peanuts" Kohler

Martin "Martinus Or Peanuts" Kohler

Nov 6, 2019

Martin Edward Kohler was born on November 18, 1929, the oldest of nine children to Joseph Sr. and Catherine Sehi Kohler in Paris, Arkansas. He died Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 89.

Martinus or Peanuts, as he was known by many, grew up in Arkansas before...

Marian Farr

Marian Farr

Nov 6, 2019

Marian was born September 23, 1919 in Center Township, southwest of Beloit, the daughter of John and Alice Lynch Walter. Her parents named her Alice Marian, but she went by Marian all her life. She died early Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit at the age of 100.

She attended Beloit High School and...

Ivan Long

Ivan Long

Nov 6, 2019

Ivan Laverne Long was born on September 26, 1934 in Minneapolis, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Alma Bailey Long. He died Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 85, and on his 64 th wedding anniversary.

Following his high school graduation in 1952, he rode a train...

Marti J. Chapman

Marti J. Chapman

Oct 30, 2019

Marti Jean Chapman was born on December 27, 1950 in Ogallala, Nebraska, the daughter of Charles Myron and Bernice Maxine Myers Chapman. She died Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at the Resident Care Center in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 68 after a recent diagnosis with cancer.

At a young age, she moved with her family to...

Pauline Inskeep

Pauline Inskeep

Oct 30, 2019

Pauline (Paula) Inskeep, 91, passed away October 30, 2019 at Parkview Care Center in Osborne.  She was born July 12, 1928, in Dante, Virginia, to Monroe and Sarah (Holbrook) Smith.  Paula had a twin brother, Paul. She was born a coal miner's daughter.

She graduated from Dante HS in 1945 at 16 years old. She moved to...

Dennis Reling

Dennis Reling

Oct 29, 2019

Dennis Lynn "Humpy" Reling was born August 27, 1952 in Beloit Kansas to Vernon and Venda (Jones) Reling. He passed away October 29, 2019 at his home in Cawker City Kansas.

Dennis graduated from Cawker City High School in 1970 and experienced college life in Colorado until the college closed.   He then moved back home to be...

Connie Schmidt

Connie Schmidt

Oct 27, 2019

Connie Virginia Wyman Schmidt was born on October 2, 1931 to Forrest and Naomi Terry Wyman in Beloit, Kansas. She died late Sunday, October 27, 2019 at the Joy House in Oxford, Kansas at the age of 88.

She lived with her family in Glen Elder and Kensington until the 2 nd grade, when they moved to...

Lyman "Tom" Thomas

Lyman "Tom" Thomas

Oct 27, 2019

Lyman Thomas "Tommie or Tom" Parish Thomas, 89, Glen Elder, was born July 2, 1930, in Cawker City to Lyman Thomas and Carmen Ersel (Forster) Parish. He died peacefully in his sleep early Sunday morning, October 27, 2019, at the Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit.

Due to the death of Tom's father when he was three, his mother...

Eldon Kadel

Eldon Kadel

Oct 23, 2019

Eldon Ray Kadel, 89, passed away October 23, 2019 at M.C. Hospital, Beloit Kansas.  He was born March 1, 1930, on a farm at Hunter, Kansas to Elmer and Lizzie (Cordwell) Kadel.  He attended Lincoln schools and was a 1948 graduate of Lincoln H.S where he played football, basketball and track.  He enlisted in the Army and proudly served...

Mack Gormly

Mack Gormly

Oct 19, 2019

Mack Vincent Gormly was born on June 16, 1968 in California, the son of Eugene and Bonnie Rosson Gormly. He died early Saturday, October 19, 2019 at his home in Beloit, Kansas following a battle with cancer at the age of 51.

Mack lived with his family in California and later Seattle, before they made their home...

Edward D. Bowles

Edward D. Bowles

Oct 16, 2019

Survivors include his sons, Dustin A. Bowles (Cassandra) of Estes Park, CO, Desmond D. Bowles of Sharon Springs, & Shawn A. Teichmer (Nikki) of Grinnell; the mother of the sons, Tamara Cook-Unrein of Wallace, KS; & brothers, Allen of Beloit and Andy of Wichita. Per his wishes, cremation has taken place & there will be no services. Memorials may...

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