Obituary Listings

Mar 25, 2018

John Gildersleeve was born to John & Bessie (Rorabaugh) Gildersleeve, on October 6, 1931. He died on March 25, 2018 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit at the age of 86. John grew up in Beloit and graduated from Beloit High School in 1949. He retired from City Service Gas Company in 1989. Preceding him in death were his parents, wife...

Mar 22, 2018

Janyce Christine Chapman was born on November 18, 1939, to Donovan and Elizabeth (Wooster) Chapman at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. She died on March 22, 2018 at the age of 78 years old.

Janyce was born oxygen deprived and was classified as an adult child, so she spent all of her life living with...

Mar 13, 2018

Nancy Cousland, age 71, died Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at Beloit, Kansas. Nancy was born September 20, 1946 in Superior, Nebraska, the daughter of Max and Muriel Hensley. She attended schools in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Kansas, and began teaching at the Girl's Industrial School in Beloit in 1970. In 1972 she married Craig R. Cousland and two children, Jordan...

Mar 3, 2018

Becky Sue Miltner was born on November 1, 1954 in Beloit, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Gladys White Miltner. She died peacefully on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at her home in Beloit at the age of 63 years, 4 months, and 2 days.

As a lifelong resident of Beloit, Becky attended schools in Beloit, as well...

Mar 2, 2018

Lee Stowell was born November 30, 1931 to Percy and Cecil Stowell on a farm south of Olsburg, Kansas. His sister Lois was born a couple of years later, and they have stayed very close all their lives.

On June 6, 1964 Lee married the girl down the road, Beverly Stoffer. They lived their married life on...

Feb 24, 2018

Marian "Evelyn" Williamson was born April 17, 1922, on a homestead, south of Glasco, KS., to William and Grace Cool Olson, and passed away peacefully in her home February 24, 2018.

She graduated from Glasco High School in 1939 and earned her teaching certificate at age 16.  Her first job was a small country school near Jamestown,...

Feb 23, 2018

Richard Hamer Williams was born on the family farm, just northwest of Beloit on March 20, 1929. His parents, Hamer and Emma (Kunze) Williams, as well as a sister, Louise were there to welcome him to the family. As the years passed, two brothers and another sister joined the family. He attended Solomon Rapids R14 country school and graduated...

Feb 20, 2018

Gladys Elaine Miller, 85 of Beloit, Kansas, went to be with her Lord and Savior, on Tuesday, February 20th, 2018, after a long struggle with Parkinson's Disease. Gladys was born on February 5th, 1933 on a farm about a mile and a half south of Montrose, Kansas, to Elza and Mary Adeline "Addie" (Beanblossom) Miller. The family later moved...

Feb 13, 2018

Dora Lee Stuart Morrell was born December 24, 1928, in Beloit, Ks., to John and Nellie (Norton) Morrell. There were two brothers and a sister to welcome her to the family and she would later be joined by two more sisters and a brother. She attended Beloit schools, where by all accounts she was a model student, partially due...

Feb 12, 2018

Phyllis Marie Hazen Rasdall was born November 21, 1929 in Stockton, Kansas to Orland and Ilah (Foster) Hazen. Through death, she joined her loved ones who have already passed on February 12, 2018. She graduated from Beloit High School and attended Kansas Wesleyan University. She was united in marriage to Milton Rasdall on Easter Sunday, April 17, 1949. They...

Feb 11, 2018

Ignatz "Bud" Isadore Boden was born on February 12, 1927 east of Tipton, Kansas, the son of Mike and Cecilia Brummer Boden. He died Sunday, February 11, 2018 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas, one day short of his 91 st birthday.

Like so many young men born in this era, Bud attended grade school...

Feb 9, 2018

Norbert William Deneke was born on March 17, 1934 in Beloit, Kansas, the son of Will and Justina Gradig Deneke. He died peacefully on Friday, February 9, 2018 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit at the age of 83 years, 10 months, and 23 days.

Norbert grew up on the family farm east of Beloit, and attended St....

Feb 6, 2018

Paul Kevin Whipple, age 55, passed away in his home February 6, 2018, holding the hands of his immediate family. Born August 6, 1962 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Paul was adopted as an infant by Monte and Sibyl (Dwyer) Whipple. The family called Wellington, Kansas, their home. Seen as the baby of the family by his three older sisters, Paul...

Feb 5, 2018

Katherine McMillan was born to Greek immigrants Thomas and Athina Papadatos Haikalis on October 18 th 1933 in Chicago, Illinois.  She departed this life of 84 years on Monday, February 5 th 2018 in Beloit, Kansas.

After graduating from Englewood High School in Chicago in 1951, she went to work for Paramount Pictures.  In 1955 Katherine was...

Jan 30, 2018

Graveside memorial services will be at 2 PM Saturday, February 3 at the Scottsville Cemetery. Cremation has taken place & there will be no visitation.

Jan 25, 2018

Paul Leon Winkel was born August 30, 1933, the youngest of 8 sons of Peter K Winkel and Anna Belle (Piersch) Winkel at a farm north of Glen Elder. He departed this life suddenly and unexpectedly at Via Christi St Francis Hospital in Wichita as a result of a brain injury sustained in a fall.

Paul's father...

Jan 22, 2018

David Lynn Williamson was born on August 14, 1948 to Daniel Edward and Marian Evelyn Olson Williamson in Concordia, Kansas. He died on January 22, 2018 at his home in Round Rock, Texas. He grew up on a farm northwest of Glasco, Kansas and graduated from Glasco High School in 1966.

On December 17, 1974, he married...

Jan 22, 2018

Mildred Maxine Bohnert was born on January 24, 1922 in Beloit, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Lela Wicks Caselman. She died Monday, January 22, 2018 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit at the age of 95 years, 11 months, and 29 days.

Mildred grew up and attended schools in Beloit, where she graduated from Beloit High School....

Jan 19, 2018

Robert Anton Wichers was born on February 6, 1924 in Russell, Kansas, the son of Peter Henry and Clara Kilian Wichers. He died Friday, January 19, 2018 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 93 years, 11 months, and 13 days.

After living in Russell, his family moved to Louisiana for a period of...

Jan 18, 2018

Ada Jean Trueblood was born on June 18, 1920 on the family farm south of Cawker City, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Harriett West Roberts. She died Thursday, January 18, 2018 at the Downs Care and Rehabilitation Center in Downs, Kansas at the age of 97 years and 7 months.

On August 4, 1940, Jean was...