Harold Vanwey
Jan 12, 2010
Harold Ira VanWey was born on July 11, 1923 in Jewell County, Kansas, the son of Ernest and Susie Schrotenboer VanWey. He died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Downs, Kansas at the age of 86 years, 6 months, and 1 day. Harold grew up on the family farm and attended the Pleasant Hill Country School....
James L. Swartzman
Jan 7, 2010
James Lee Swartzman was born March 24, 1939 to Paul Henry and Evelyn Delia Barland Swartzman at the family farmhome near Beloit, Kansas. He was released from a lengthy illness Thursday morning, January 7, 2010 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. Jim, as everyone knew him grew up in Beloit where his parents operated a gasoline station, liquor...
Jeffery A Emerson
Jan 7, 2010
Jeffery Alan Emerson, 46, was born June 25, 1963 in Osborne, Kansas to Larry and the late Kathleen Schroeder Emerson. He grew up in Tipton where he attended school and graduated in the Class of 1981. On October 13, 1984 he married his high school sweetheart Lois Mick. They started their family in Tipton and then later moved to their...
Larel "Larry" V. Goodaker
Jan 5, 2010
Larel "Larry" Von Goodaker was born on April 24, 1938 in Monterey, California, the son of William and Helen Lester Goodaker. He died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 71 years, 8 months, and 11 days. Larry, as he was known, grew up and attended school in California. At the...
Marjie Jean Frasier
Jan 2, 2010
Marjie Jean Frasier was born on May 28, 1937 in Smith County, Kansas, near Dispatch, the daughter of Wayne and Margeret Boxum Miller. She died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 72 years, 7 months, and 5 days. Jean, as she was known, grew up on the farm and attended...
Loren F. "Shorty" Bonham
Jan 1, 2010
Loren F. "Shorty" Bonham, 81,Glasco was born Oct. 12, 1928 at Simpson, Kansas to William & Faye Porter Bonham. He died Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 in Beloit. He owned Bonham Repair in Glasco for many years. His wife Gladys died in 2009. Survivors are stepchildren Donna Prochaska, Glasco, Roberta Spence, Arlington, VA, Sharon Funke, Salina, Carol Blake, Knoxville, TN; 8...
Janice D. Shumway
Jan 1, 2010
Janice D. Shumway was born May 12, 1948 to Leroy and Genevieve Fisher DeGroff in Jackson County, Missouri and died Friday, January 1, 2010 at Grand River Health Care Center in Chillicothe, Missouri. Janice spent her childhood years living in nearby Merriam, Kansas and made her home in Shawnee. She was a homemaker and assisted her father with his business...
Mildred Ruth Peterson
Dec 30, 2009
Mildred Ruth Peterson, age 92, of Beloit died Wednesday, December 30, 2009. Mildred was born on November 18, 1917, in Formoso, Kansas, to Charles Emory and Nettie Merle Ellsworth Doxon. She married her husband, Francis D. Peterson on May 16, 1943, in Formoso. A teacher for 50 years, she taught in many Kansas counties, including Jewell, Saline, Lincoln, Ellis, Osborne,...
Dorcas R. Severance
Dec 30, 2009
Dorcas Rae (Speer) Severance, Beloit, Kan., died Dec. 30, 2009, in Wichita, Kan. She was 78. The second of four children, Dorcas was born Feb. 24, 1931, on the family farm near Clearwater, Kan. She was the daughter of Levi Wendell and Effie Rae (Jacques) Speer. She attended country schools and was valedictorian of her class at Clearwater High School....
Ruth E. Kadel
Dec 23, 2009
Ruth Elizabeth Kadel was born January 22, 1917 to James Arthur Porter and Pearl Muck Porter on a farm Southeast of Glen Elder Kansas. She departed this life of nearly 93 years at Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems early Wednesday morning December 23, 2009. Ruth grew up on a farm near Glen Elder and attended rural grade school nearby. She...
Gary Nelson
Dec 18, 2009
Friends may sign the register book from 9 AM until 5:00 PM Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at the McDonald Funeral Home. The body will be cremated and Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday, December 29 at the McDonald Funeral Home. Burial of the ashes will be private. The family requests memorials be given to the Beloit Church...
Judith A. Thrapp
Dec 11, 2009
Judith Ann Thrapp was born April 8, 1959 to Murl Dean and Carolyn Jean Teasley Thrapp at Providence Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. Her sudden departure from this life came Friday afternoon, December 11, 2009 at Cloud County Health Center in Concordia at the age of 50 years, 8 months, and 3 days. "Judi" as everyone knew her, moved to...
John R. Bottom
Dec 8, 2009
John Robert Bottom was born February 18, 1930 to Bert Rural and Carolyn Hawkinson Bottom at Concordia, Kansas and died early Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at Salina Regional Medical Center after a rather long illness. John grew up in nearby Clyde, Kansas and his family moved to Gaylord, Kansas when he was a sophomore in high school. After his graduation,...
Lucile M. Wiles
Dec 6, 2009
Lucile Marie Wiles was born January 16, 1923 to Henry and Thelma Richner Snavely in Huscher, Kansas in Cloud County. She was the first born in a family of four. She died Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit at the age of 86. As a youth, Lucile attended Huscher School District 57 of Cloud County,...
Fr. Richard Lutgen
Dec 6, 2009
Father Richard E. Lutgen was born September 6, 1936 near Tipton, Kansas. Parents were Charles T. Lutgen and Elizabeth (Koenigsman) Lutgen. He died Sunday, December 6, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita at the age of 73. He grew up in the area near Yates Center, Kansas. Later the family moved to Beloit, Kansas, where he finished grade and...
Jane A. Finney-Giesen
Dec 3, 2009
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at the McDonald Funeral Home with Pastor Cliff Laesch officiating. Burial will follow in the Hopewell Cemetery southwest of Beloit. Memorials may be given to the Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita. Friends may call from 9:00 AM until 8:00 P.M. Monday at the McDonald Funeral Home.
Joseph W. Reiter
Dec 1, 2009
Joseph William Reiter was born July 3, 1937, at his home in rural Beloit, Kansas. He was the son of Leo and Elizabeth Karleskint Reiter. He died Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, KS at the age of 72. Joe attended Prairie Grove Country School and was a 1955 graduate of St. John's High School,...
Beverly A. Hake
Nov 27, 2009
Beverly Ann Hake was born June 9, 1933 to Reuben and Lottie Dewey Isaacson at Holdrege, Nebraska. Her Heavenly release from a long illness came late Friday afternoon, November 27, 2009 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas. She was 76 years, 5 months, and 18 days of age. Beverly spent her early years in the Holdrege community where she graduated...
Gladys D. Bonham
Nov 24, 2009
Cremation has taken place and services will be private. Memorials may be given to the Nicol Home.
Gordon L. Snyder
Nov 16, 2009
Gordon Lee was born to Samuel Fernoy (Fern) Snyder and Ada Loretta Smith Snyder on April 7, 1920 near Winchester, Oklahoma, the 6th of their 8 children. He departed this life of 89 years on November 16, 2009 after a 10 year struggle with Alzheimer's. Gordon attended grade school at High Springs & Horace Mann High School in Alva, Oklahoma....
