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...
Velda Bowman
Mar 25, 2017
Velda Nadine was born February 10, 1929 in Rose Valley (rural Downs) Osborne Co., Kansas to Katie (Rypma) and Justin Miller. She was an active, happy only child who didn't lack for attention, loving the outdoors and her dog. Velda graduated from eighth grade at Union School, then attended Downs High School participating in band and twirling. She graduated in...
Charles Shumway, Sr.
Mar 22, 2017
Charles (Chuck) Scott Shumway, 66, and U. S. Army Veteran, passed away Wednesday, March 22 at Northeastern Health System Hospital, Tahlequah, OK. Chuck was born June 11, 1950 in Wadsworth, OH to John E. and Helen B. Shumway. He was preceded in death by his father, John Evans Shumway. He is survived by his sons, Charles and Kristine (Eilert) Shumway,...
Michael R. Waddell
Mar 22, 2017
Michael Raye Waddell was born on June 30, 1954 in Beloit, KS. He departed this life at his home in Beloit, KS on March 22, 2017 at the age of 62. Mike was raised by his parents Gene and Iris Waddell at their family home on Walnut St. He attended Beloit Schools and graduated from Beloit High School, class of...
Evelyn Simmons-Mcmann
Mar 19, 2017
Evelyn Mae McKee was born May 31, 1921 to Clyde Leo and Vola Blanche Shurts McKee on the family farm south of Asherville, Kansas. She departed this life of 95 years Sunday morning, March 19, 2017 at Eaglecrest Retirement Community in Salina, Kansas. Evelyn grew up in the Green Mound community and learned to milk cows at a young age....
Leroy Loyd
Mar 19, 2017
LeRoy Earl "Bud" Loyd, Sr. was born July 14, 1947 in Phillipsburg to Roy and Dora (Lambert) Loyd. He passed peacefully after a long battle with liver disease on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit at the age of 69 years, 8 months, and 5 days. He was 7 years old when his Dad started...
Nevada L. Vetter
Mar 13, 2017
Nevada Lucerne Vetter was born December 9, 1928 to Henry and Gertrude Bealby Beisner at Natoma, Kansas. She died late Monday evening, March 13, 2017 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 88 years. Nevada grew up in the Natoma community and graduated from Natoma High School. She attended the Beauty Academy in Salina, Kansas...
Charles H. Wrench
Mar 11, 2017
Charles Herman Wrench, the son of Harold Herman and Bertella Maude McKnight Wrench, was born at Salina, Kansas on November 6, 1939. He departed this life of 77 years, four months and five days on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. Charles lived his entire life in the Beloit area. He decided to join...
Patricia Waltman
Mar 9, 2017
Patricia "Patty" S. Waltman, 60, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, in her home in Lincoln, KS, from complications related to her lung cancer. In hospice care shortly prior to her death, Patricia died peacefully in her sleep, with her companion, Jay Core, at her side. Patricia was born March 24, 1956, in Beloit, the daughter of George and Betty (Murray)...
Lanny Birdsell
Mar 8, 2017
Lanny Lee Birdsell died unexpectedly March 8, 2017 at his home in Raytown, Missouri. He was born in Beloit, Kansas December 16, 1956, the youngest of five children to Alfred and Lorraine (Yocum) Birdsell. Lanny graduated from Montesano High School, Montesano, WA in 1975. He earned an Associates Degree from Grays Harbor Community College before going on to Western Washington...
Sally File
Mar 8, 2017
Born September 16, 1933 to Herbert and Vera (Barnett) Neifert, the second child of 6. Raised on a farm west of Glen Elder, KS. Attended Granite Creek country school and graduated from Glen Elder high school with the class of 1951. Attended Salina Beauty Academy cosmetology school. Married Kendall Edward Studer August 8th, 1953 at the Zion Lutheran Church in...
Michael Evans
Mar 8, 2017
Michael "Mike" Eugene Evans was born on November 22, 1946 in Santa Cruz, California, the son of Robert and Elaine Hinckley Evans. He died on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 70 years, 3 months, and 14 days. Mike as he was known, was born in California, and his family...
Ruby Johnson
Mar 7, 2017
Ruby Irene Johnson, was born July 15, 1929, to Blossom (Burch) and James Hill in Concordia, Kansas. Ruby was called home to our Lord on March 7, 2017 at the age of 87. Ruby married Alva Johnson July 22, 1955. Together they settled and raised their five children, and lived their life in Glasco, Kansas. Ruby loved to care for...
Jimmie L. Henning
Mar 5, 2017
Jimmie Lee Henning was born June 25, 1928 to Henry Albert and Vera Mae Amspacker Henning at Beloit, Kansas. He departed this life unexpectedly Sunday afternoon, March 5, 2017 at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas at the age of 88. Jimmie spent his entire life living in and around Glasco. From day one, farming was his passion, and...
H. "Doug" Douglas Greiner
Mar 3, 2017
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday, March 10, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hunter. Burial will follow in Greenwood Union Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Trinity Lutheran Church or the Kansas City Retrievers Club. Visitation will be from 9:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. Thursday, March 9, 2017 at the McDonald Funeral Home with the...
Claude G. Studdard
Mar 2, 2017
Arrangements are pending and will be announced by McDonald-Roberts Funeral Service.
Leta Adams
Feb 24, 2017
Leta Mae Adams, the youngest of ten children of Irl Spurgin and Louella Binkley Snyder, was born August 28, 1938 at Atchison, Kansas. She departed this life of 78 years Friday morning, February 24, 2017 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. Leta moved with her large family to Montrose, Kansas when she was a very small child. She...
