Ronald G. Becker
May 22, 2017
Ronald Gene Becker went to the Lord on May 22, 2017 surrounded by his family at the age of 78. Ron was born June 28, 1938 in Aberdeen, South Dakota to Dorothy and Henry Becker. His childhood was spent in Denver, Colorado surrounded by his 6 siblings, Donna, Carol, Arlen, Judy, Lori, and Sheri. At the age of 24, he...
Francis Sam Long
May 13, 2017
Francis "Sam" Long was born on August 25, 1927 in Clayton, Kansas, the son of Adolph and Ollie Pool Long. He died Saturday, May 13, 2017 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 89 years, 8 months, and 18 days. Sam grew up and attended school in Norton County. On August 5, 1952, he was...
David Rosebaugh
May 3, 2017
David "Wynn" Rosebaugh, 63, passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at the Mitchell County Hospital after a sudden illness. Born June 29, 1953, in Wichita Ks, he was the son of Ray and Loraine Rosebaugh. Wynn attended Beloit High School and Fort Hays State University. Through his life he loved working with his hands, creating things, and living his life...
Dorothy "Dottie" Menke
May 1, 2017
Dorothy Jean "Dottie" Menke was born April 25, 1945 in Holdrege, Nebraska, the daughter of Guy and Anna Freitag Knepp. She died Monday, May 1, 2017 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas 6 days after her 72nd birthday. Dottie grew up on the family farm near Huntley, Nebraska, and graduated from Huntley High School in the Class of 1963....
Jerome Boden
May 1, 2017
Jerome Louis Boden was born April 15,1931 on the family farm in Osborn County and died May 1, 2017 peacefully in his sleep at his home in Beloit,Ks. He attended country school around Tipton and played in the Boden band and was able to play several instruments meeting his future wife at one of their dances. Jerome served his Country...
Wilbur F. Pearson
Apr 27, 2017
Wilbur Frank Pearson was born August 20, 1925, on a farm east of Beloit to Frank Oscar and Edna Sabella (Rominger) Pearson, the 4th child of 6, and passed away Thursday, April 27, 2017 at the age of 91 years. He spent his younger years on the Pearson homestead west of Simpson until his father had to go elsewhere to...
James "Pat" Haney
Apr 21, 2017
Pat Haney moved on to his forever home on Friday, April 21, 2017. He was born on December 10, 1941 in Lewistown Montana to Bill and Mabelle Haney. Pat tragically lost his father in World War II when he was only 3. He later moved to Great Falls Montana where he graduated from Great Falls High School in 1959. After...
Wayne E. Gilbert
Apr 18, 2017
Wayne Ellsworth Gilbert was born on June 20, 1934 in Beloit, Kansas, the son of Lawrence and Viona Ramey Gilbert. He died on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit at the age of 82 years, 9 months, and 29 days. Wayne and his brothers grew up and attended the Eureka country schools before attending Simpson...
John "Jack" Peters
Apr 18, 2017
John Duane "Jack" Peters was born February 25, 1933 to John and Clara Auer Peters on the family farm southeast of Beloit, Kansas. He departed this life of 84 years Tuesday morning, April 18, 2017 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit. Jack was a lifelong resident of Beloit and Mitchell County. As a child growing up on the farm,...
Nolan D Lewis
Apr 13, 2017
Nolan Dean Lewis (Nini), 6, Beloit, left this world Thursday evening, April 13, 2017, to be with our Lord after a tragic accident north of Beloit. Nolan was born February 21, 2011, in Salina, KS. He is survived by his mother, Kay Lynn Lewis and father, CJ Moore, older brother, Marley Lewis, and younger brother, Andy Moore, grandparents, Dan and...
Eldora A. Arrighi
Apr 11, 2017
Anna Eldora (Riedel) Arrighi, 89, of Beloit, KS, died on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at the Mitchell County Hospital Resident Care Center in Beloit from cancer. Eldora was born on October 14, 1927 in a small farmhouse in Hayes township in Mitchell County, Kansas to Aloysius J. "Butch" and Gladys M. (Fisher) Riedel. She was the second of three children....
William "Bill" Stacy Jr.
Apr 9, 2017
Passed away April 9th, 2017 at his home in Cawker City, Kansas. Bill was born March 14th, 1950 in Riverside, California. He was preceded in death by father, William C. Stacy, Sr., ret MSGT USAF, and his mother, Dorothy Jean Stephenson. He leaves behind daughter, Jessica Jean Stacy of San Antonio, Texas; and brothers, Mark, Jeff (Patti), and Greg; also...
Melvin "Rollie" Nothern
Apr 9, 2017
M. Roland "Rollie" Nothern was born on September 30, 1929 in Salina, Kansas, the son of Leon R. and Fern Corwin Nothern. He died Sunday, April 9, 2017 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 87 years, 6 months, and 10 days. Rollie was a simple man and often liked to reflect on his life, and was...
Janice K Bulthaup
Apr 8, 2017
Janice Kathleen (Mosier) Bulthaup, 96, formerly of Beloit, KS passed away Saturday April 8, 2017 at the Clay Center Presbyterian Manor in Clay Center, KS. Janice Kathleen Mosier was born September 10, 1920 to Cleo Harry Mosier and Anna Mildred (Sorrell) Mosier. She was a cheerleader at Athens Rural High School and graduated in 1938. On November 17, 1940 she...
Bonnie J. Vetter
Apr 7, 2017
Bonnie Jeanne Albert Vetter was born on September 15, 1926 on the family farm five miles southwest of Glen Elder, Kansas. Her parents were William and Zella (Burger) Albert. She died on Friday, April 7, 2017 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit at the age of 90. Bonnie attended Walnut Creek grade school, and graduated from Glen Elder High School in...
Joe D. Simmons
Apr 7, 2017
"J.D." Joe Dean Simmons was born on September 28, 1927 at Saltville near Barnard, KS to Frederick Cole and Bernice Eva (Kaul) Simmons. He grew up in the country where his parents farmed. J.D. had 4 brothers, Richard and John Simmons, Arlyn-deceased and an infant brother—deceased. He attended country school, then part of high school at Barnard and graduated with...
Sean R. Cooper
Apr 5, 2017
Sean Robert Cooper died from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle accident on April 5, 2017. Sean was born in Hays, Kansas on June 6, 1977 to John and Jeannie Cooper. Sean spent most of his youth in the Glasco community. He earned a GED from Beloit High School in 1995. Sean worked many professions as he was able...
Bernice Houghton
Mar 31, 2017
Bernice (Lehman) Houghton was born to Ralph and Olive Lehman of McPherson, KS on October 19, 1929. She departed this life on Friday morning, March 31, 2017 in Beloit, KS. She was 87 years of age. Bernice was the youngest of four girls and the daughter of a school teacher. The Lehman family also farmed and milked Jersey cows. Bernice's...
Denis J. Shumate
Mar 28, 2017
Born in Larned, Kansas, August 1, 1938, Denis Johnson Shumate was the son of Robert Brown Shumate and Ruth Rosalie (nee Johnson) Shumate. The Shumates moved from Ash Valley in Rush County to Garfield in Pawnee County in 1948. Denis fondly remembered his first day of school when he and his sister, Nonnie, had to walk to the end of...
Barbara Quakenbush
Mar 28, 2017
Barbara Quakenbush was born on the family farm in Scottsville, KS on January 16, 1923 to Miles and Stella (Birch) Allen. She departed this life on March 28, 2017 at Hilltop Lodge Nursing Home at the age of 94 years. She grew up in Scottsville and attended Scottsville grade school with her sisters Marjorie and Shirlie. The family moved to...
