Marjorie R. Tobald
Nov 28, 2011
Marjorie Ruth Tobald was born October 24, 1923 to William Carl Fredrick and Eva Estella Studt Henning on a farm near Glasco, Kansas. She departed this life unexpectedly Monday afternoon, November 28, 2011 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 88 years. She attended Welcome Country School and graduated from Glasco High School in the...
Janice E. Drum
Nov 22, 2011
Janice Drum was born February 4, 1940 in Hastings, MI by George and Elaine Pennington McNutt. She had an avid passion for quarter horses which she was involved in showing and breeding for almost 40 years. She moved to Beloit, KS in November, 2006 after living in California for 39 years. She loved country music, and enjoyed Kenny Chesney the...
Dorothy M. Abercrombie
Nov 21, 2011
Dorothy M. Abercrombie, known most of her life as Dottie, died peacefully on Monday, November 21, 2011 at the age of 76. Born in Mitchell County, Kansas, she left her wheat farming community upon graduation from Beloit High School to make her way in Denver, Colorado where she resided the rest of her life. After a brief employment with Time...
Gertrude E. Pfefferkorn
Nov 19, 2011
Gertrude Elizabeth (Wendell) Pfefferkorn, the widow of Carl H. Pfefferkorn, departed this life at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas on November 19, 2011 at the age of 97. Gertrude was born December 4th 1913 on the family farm south of Beloit, Kansas to Charles F. and Gertrude A. (Ludwig) Wendell. She attended St. John's Grade and High School,...
Rev. Raymond F. Gilstrap
Nov 14, 2011
Raymond Francis Gilstrap was born October 4, 1942 to Jack and Geraldine Seeley Gilsrap in Wichita, Kansas. He departed this life of 69 years, 1 month, and 10 days November 14, 2011 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit where he had resided the past 2 ½ months. Ray spent his early years in his family's music store in Arkansas City, Kansas...
Wilfred Pahls
Nov 11, 2011
Wilfred Adolph Pahls was born March 4, 1923 to Adolph and Margaret Ketter Pahls in Tipton, KS. He passed this life on Friday, November 11, 2011 at the age of 88 years old at Hill Top Lodge in Beloit, KS. Wilfred was raised 3 miles west of Tipton on the family farm. He enlisted into the United States Army in...
Juanita D. Cox
Nov 6, 2011
Juanita Dorlyn Cox was born on July 22, 1920 in Randall, Kansas, the daughter of Marion G. and Lottie E. Romine Sadler. She died on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit at the age of 91 years, 3 months, and 15 days. She grew up in the Randall area, where she graduated from Randall High...
Gladys D. Bowles
Nov 6, 2011
Gladys D. Bowles was born December 2, 1926 to Dale & Bertha Campbell Teasley at Glasco and died November 6, 2011 in Beloit. She was a self employed seamstress. Survivors include her husband Billie of Beloit, sons Edward, Allan, and Andy Bowles, daughter Karen Fullers all of Beloit; brothers Jimmy and Glen Teasley. Her daughter Linda Sheppard preceded her in...
Wilford L. Doud
Nov 1, 2011
Wilford Lynn Doud, 89, died Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit. He was born May 19, 1922 at Otego, Kansas to Herbert and Gladys Underwood Doud. He graduated from Burr Oak High School in the Class of 1940. Wilford enlisted in the U.S. Signal Corps at Fort Crook, Nebraska in November, 1942. He was a...
Charles R. Hughes
Oct 28, 2011
Charles Raymond Hughes was born June 25, 1917 to Elighja and Pearl Harris Hughes at Clyde, Kansas. His life of 94 years, 4 months and 3 days ended Friday, October 28, 2011 at the Mitchell County Hospital Resident Care Center in Beloit, Kansas. "Charlie", as everyone knew him, grew up in the Jamestown area and on December 23, 1940 was...
Marlena M. Kohler
Oct 25, 2011
The Funeral Mass will be celebrated by Father Joseph Kieffer at 10:00 A.M. Friday, October 28, 2011 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Burial will follow in St. John's Cemetery. Memorials may be given to Solomon Valley Hospice, St. John's Heating and Air Conditioning Fund or the Charity of the Donor's Choice. Friends may call from 9:00 A.M. until...
Phyllis J. Wichers
Oct 14, 2011
Phyllis Joyce Wichers was born July 27, 1924 to Carl Curry and Rebecca Maude Elder Clark at Beloit, Kansas. She departed this life of 87 years, 2 months, and 18 days Friday evening, October 14, 2011 at Hilltop Lodge, Beloit, Kansas. A lifelong resident of the Beloit area, Phyllis graduated from Beloit High School. Her childhood dream was to be...
Richard Anderson
Oct 11, 2011
Memorial Services will be held at 10 AM Saturday, October 15, 2011 at the McDonald Funeral Home with Fred Severance officiating. Private burial of the ashes will follow in Simpson Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at 12:00 P.M. Saturday at the Asherville Fire Station. Memorials may be given to Solomon Valley Hospice, Mitchell County Historical Society or the Asherville...
Nathanial Blade Dee Grabast
Oct 10, 2011
Nathanial Blade Dee Grabast, "Nate" was born April 1, 1989 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. "Nate" passed away on October 10, 2011 at the precious young age of 22 years old and was a lifelong resident of Mitchell County. He attended Beloit Jr-Sr High School, and graduated in 2008 with a very proud family cheering for him....
George Jones
Oct 8, 2011
George Jones Charles George Jones was born October 27, 1918 to Lewis Vincent and Barbara Elizabeth Blackwood Jones on a farm near Simpson, Kansas. He departed this life of 92 years, 11 months, and 12 days late Saturday evening, October 8, 2011 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. George, as he was known by all, grew up in...
Andy B. King
Oct 5, 2011
Cremation has taken place. No funeral services have been planned at this point in time.
Ruth E. Warburton
Oct 2, 2011
Ruth Elaine Warburton was born on September 3, 1952, to Laurence and Evelyn (Bunch) Warburton in the old hospital in Beloit, Kansas and died on October 2, 2011, at the age of 59 years. She grew up in the family home west of Beloit, where her mother and brother Jim, still live. Ruth attended grade school at the Solomon Rapids...
Myrna E. Van Horn
Sep 23, 2011
Myrna Elaine Shepherd Van Horn was born August 8, 1928 at Galloway Hospital in Anthony, KS, to Harry and Enola (Bruch) Shepherd. She passed away Friday, September 23, at Hospice of Salina, after suffering a massive stroke Sept. 16th The family lived in the Kingman area until 1931 when they moved to Great Bend. Myrna graduated from Great Bend High...
Corlyn Adams
Sep 8, 2011
Corlyn Adams, 84, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2011. She was born September 28, 1926 in Beloit, Kansas to the late Charles B. and Hazel Holbrook. She attended public schools in Beloit, graduating from Beloit High School in 1944, and attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence. She was employed as clerk of the board of education for 2 ½...
