Obituary Listings

Daisy Stratton

Daisy Stratton

Apr 25, 2008

Daisy Mae Johnston Stratton was born May 17, 1912 in Assumption, Illinois, the youngest daughter of Cornell and Millie Tapp. She died April 25, 2008 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 95 years, 11 months, and 8 days. While still an infant, the family moved to Grand Island, Nebraska. In 1920, the family moved to Clayton,...

Eva J. Downey

Eva J. Downey

Apr 25, 2008

Eva Josephine Downey was born on May 12, 1908 in St. Joseph, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Anna Perret Girard. She died on Friday, April 25, 2008 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 99 years, 11 months, and 13 days. Eva grew up and attended school in the St. Joseph area before moving...

Eva D. Lorentz

Eva D. Lorentz

Apr 24, 2008

Eva Dorothy (Kelsey) Lorentz, age 98, passed away Thursday afternoon, April 24, 2008 at Pinnacle Park Care Center in Salina. She was born May 12, 1909 to William and Freda Boche Kelsey at Norfolk, Nebraska. It was on March 5, 1931 that she married Adrian Hall Lorentz at Salina, Kansas. They were privileged to celebrate 71 years of married life...

Mary Jane Studer

Mary Jane Studer

Apr 23, 2008

Mary Jane Studer was born to Erie Littleton and Nora Etta Humphrey Brewer on January 1, 1912 at Paducah, Kentucky. Her earthly life of 96 years, 3 months, and 22 days ended peacefully early Wednesday morning, April 23, 2008 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas. Mary Jane moved from Kentucky to Asherville, Kansas at an early age along with her...

Evelyn Gladys Thomas

Evelyn Gladys Thomas

Apr 19, 2008

Gladys Thomas Evelyn Gladys Thomas was born January 13, 1918 to Edward Anton and Margaret Belle Young Geisler on a farm in Corinth Township, Osborne County, Kansas. She departed this life of 90 years, 3 months, and 6 days late Saturday afternoon, April 19, 2008 at Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center in Salina, Kansas. Gladys, as everyone knew her, graduated from...

Ruth N. Koster

Ruth N. Koster

Apr 17, 2008

Ruth N. Koster, the daughter of Henry and Anna Boeskool Schultz, was born August 2, 1918, on a farm north of Cawker City, KS. She died at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, KS, on April 17, 2008, at the age of 89. Ruth grew up on the farm with her three sisters and two brothers. She graduated from Cawker...

Robert Vincent Earle

Robert Vincent Earle

Apr 16, 2008

Robert Vincent Earle was born August 6, 1925 to Richard Vincent and Alma Grace Motes Earle at Beloit, Kansas. He departed this life of 82 years, 8 months, and 10 days late Wednesday afternoon, April 16, 2008 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. "Bob", as everyone knew him, graduated from Beloit High School in the Class of 1943...

Mildred H. Thompson

Mildred H. Thompson

Apr 15, 2008

Mildred Harriet Bowman Thompson was born August 9, 1921 to Mabel Ella (Berry) and Robert Richard Bowman. She was born on a farm northwest of Cawker City. Her family lived on several different farms. Mildred enjoyed life, but due to health issues, she could not keep up with her friends in physical activities. Even so, she rarely complained, and lived...

Margaret Stilwell Kennedy

Margaret Stilwell Kennedy

Mar 29, 2008

Margaret Stilwell Kennedy, the daughter of Clyde and Bessie Moore Stilwell, was born August 24, 1920, at Los Angeles, California. She died March 29, 2008, at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 87 years, seven months and five days. Margaret grew up in Southern California and graduated from Laurelwood Academy in Oregon. She later received training as...

Bernice A. Reames

Bernice A. Reames

Mar 28, 2008

Bernice Alberta Reames was born December 16, 1922 to George Albert and Elsie Belle LaRue Abram on a farm near Jewell, Kansas. She departed this life of 85 years, 3 months, and 12 days early Friday morning, March 28, 2008 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. Bernice spent her childhood years growing up in the Jewell community and...

Duane E. Mcelroy

Duane E. Mcelroy

Mar 25, 2008

Duane Eldon McElroy, the son of Clifford and Emma Behrends McElroy, was born February 6, 1928, at Beloit, Kansas. He died suddenly on March 25, 2008, at his home in Salina, Kansas, at the age of 80 years, one month and 19 days. Duane grew up and attended school in the Randall Community and graduated from Randall High School with...

Josephine A. Heiman

Josephine A. Heiman

Mar 21, 2008

Josephine Ann Heiman, the third child born to Joseph Anthony and Sara Hester Gallop Heidrick was born June 17, 1919 on a farm 4 ½ miles south of Beloit in a nice limestone home. She departed this life of 88 years, 9 months and 4 days early Friday, March 21, 2008 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit. At the...

Alberta H. Stewart

Alberta H. Stewart

Mar 15, 2008

Alberta Hilda Stewart was born on March 23, 1922 in Paradise, Kansas, the daughter of Albert J. and Myrtle Doggett Miller. She died on Saturday, March 15, 2008 in the Mitchell County Hospital Long Term Care Unit at the age of 85 years, 11 months, and 23 days. She grew up and spent most of her childhood in the Beloit...

Dorothea P. Phillips

Dorothea P. Phillips

Mar 15, 2008

Dorothea Pearl Braden Phillips, 91, went home to the Lord late Saturday afternoon March 14, 2008 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. Dorothea was born April 5, 1916 to Robert Luther and Lillie Smith Braden. The family had to be separated due to Lillie's poor health. Dorothea joined the loving family of Edwin and Mary Kent and their...

Ralph C. Hendricks

Ralph C. Hendricks

Mar 11, 2008

Ralph Charles Hendricks, the son of Pearl Franklin and Cletus Waive Rarick Hendricks, was born on August 31, 1914 on the family farm south of Glen Elder, Kansas. He departed this life of 93 years, 6 months, and 11 days early Tuesday morning, March 11, 2008 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas. Ralph had three sisters Hazel, Merle, and Lois....

William Walter Zimmerman

William Walter Zimmerman

Mar 7, 2008

Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at the McDonald Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Highland Church Cemetery near Jamestown. Memorials may be given to the Beloit Church of Christ or the Mitchell County Hospital Long Term Care Unit. Friends may call from 9:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. Monday at the McDonald Funeral...

Dr. Rodney K. Lowery

Dr. Rodney K. Lowery

Mar 6, 2008

Rodney Kent Lowery was born 27 August 1929 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri to William Allen and Hazel Francenia Menefee Lowery of Blackwell, Oklahoma. He departed this life of 78 years, 6 months, and 10 days on Thursday 6 March 2008 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. After graduating from Blackwell High School where he...

Dorothy I. Shane

Dorothy I. Shane

Feb 25, 2008

Dorothy I. Shane Dorothy Irene Shane was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska to Opal Shipman and Ralph Harris on September 4, 1931. She died on Monday, February 25, 2008 at the Pike's Peak Care Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the age of 76. Dorothy attended school in Webster County and lived and worked on the family farm. She married...

Beatrice Butler

Beatrice Butler

Feb 24, 2008

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM Thursday, February 28, 2008 at the Glasco Christian Church. Burial will follow in the Glasco Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Nicol Home, Solomon Valley Hospice or the Church. Friends may call from 2:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday at the Dean Funeral Home in Glasco.

David Clinton Topliff

David Clinton Topliff

Feb 19, 2008

David Clinton Topliff, the eldest son of George Henry and Lucy Ann Hostetler Topliff, was born November 20, 1920, in Jewell County, Kansas. He died February 18, 2008, at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 87 years, 2 months and 28 days. Clint, as he was known, graduated from Beloit High School in 1940, and...

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