James A. Thompson
Jan 15, 2012
James Albert Thompson was born July 10, 1925 to Allen and Ethel Wagy Thompson in a log cabin at Perry, Nebraska. He departed this life of 86 years of age Sunday, January 15, 2012 at Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas after a fall at home. "Jim", as he was known by all, grew up in nearby McCook, Nebraska...
Dian E. Jamison
Jan 8, 2012
Dian Elaine Jamison was born January 9, 1934 to Ray and Madeline Quell Clark at St. Joseph, Missouri. Her Heavenly release from a lengthy illness came late Sunday afternoon, January 8, 2012 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas; one day before her 78th birthday. Dian grew up in nearby Plattsburg, Missouri where she graduated from high school. She...
Richard L. Casey
Jan 4, 2012
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Glen Elder Christian Church with Pastor Rich Miller officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Grove Cemetery at Cawker City with military honors. Memorials may be given to the church. Richard will lie in repose from 9 AM until 5 PM Friday at the McDonald Funeral Home,...
Dorothy J. Stephenson
Dec 31, 2011
Dorothy Jean Stephenson was born August 14, 1930 in Neosho, Missouri, the daughter of Varnel D. and Leatrice Joy Draper. She died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit at the age of 81 years, 4 months, and 17 days. She grew up in Apache, Oklahoma, and graduated from Washington High School in Salina. Dorothy joined...
Delores J. Magette
Dec 29, 2011
Delores Jean Magette was born on December 6, 1940, at Beloit, Kansas, to Victor P. and Elaine Remus Palen. She was the oldest of four children. She departed this life on December 29, 2011, at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. Delores grew up on the family farm and attended the rural Lone Hill School near her home, followed...
Marlene Sue Pinnell
Dec 24, 2011
Marlene Sue Pinnell was born February 4, 1970 to John C. and Nancy V. Moore Beitz at Eureka, Kansas. She was released from a lengthy illness Friday, December 22, 2011 at Rochester Methodist Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota at the age of 41 years. Marlene was raised on a farm in Greenwood County, Kansas. She attended school in Eureka and graduated from...
Mary V. Streit
Dec 22, 2011
Mary Veronica Streit was born August 29, 1913 to Herman and Crescentia Schadegg Becker on a farm west of Tipton. She departed this life of 98 years peacefully Thursday morning, December 22, 2011 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas. Mary's mother died when she was one year old; Mary and her twin sister Anna lived with their aunt Teckla Adams...
Larry Lyle Mcclintock
Dec 16, 2011
Larry Lyle McClintock was born March 1, 1938 to Vernon Leroy and Mary Dott Melton McClintock at Beloit, Kansas. He departed this life of 73 years Friday, December 16, 2011 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. Larry graduated from Beloit High School. On February 21, 1960 he was united in marriage to LaVaughn Faye Smith at Minneapolis, Kansas....
Margaret R. Cunningham
Dec 14, 2011
Margaret Ruth Cunningham, Glen Elder, passed away at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit on December 14, 2011, at the age of 79. She was born May 27, 1932, in Beloit to John and Louise Tindle Way. Margaret graduated from Beloit High School in 1950. Shortly after that she met and soon married Dean Robert (Bob) Cunningham on September 8, 1950 at...
Robert W. Guipre
Dec 6, 2011
Robert W. Guipre, Sr. Robert William Guipre was born August 16, 1924 to Joseph William and Lillian Lee Covington Guipre on a farm near Simpson, Kansas. He departed this life of 87 years peacefully Tuesday evening, December 6, 2011 at home in Plano, Texas. Bob, as everyone knew him, grew up in the Simpson community and graduated from Simpson High...
Van C. Wichers
Dec 2, 2011
Van Clark Wichers was born June 16, 1958 to Robert Anton and Phyllis Joyce Clark Wichers at Hays, Kansas. He departed this life of 53 years Friday, December 2, 2011 in Beloit, Kansas. A lifetime resident of Beloit, Van graduated from Beloit High School in the Class of 1976. He farmed for his father for many years and did maintenance...
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...
