Obituary Listings

Zola F. Shull

Zola F. Shull

Jun 4, 2006

Zola Frances (Gates) Shull was born on July 29, 1923, one of nine children of Harry Dillon and Rilla McKee Gates in the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit. She died on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at the Mitchell County Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Beloit at the age of 82 years, 10 months, and 6 days. She was raised...

Edwin Cook

Edwin Cook

Jun 2, 2006

Calvin "Edwin" Cook was born on May 5, 1909 in Woodston, Kansas, the son of Albert and Bertha Cahail Cook. He died early Friday, June 2, 2006 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 97 years and 28 days. Edwin, as he was known, grew up and attended school in the Ogallah area, and then went to...

Shirley R. Bigham

Shirley R. Bigham

May 31, 2006

Shirley Rae Bigham was born Shirley Rae Beeler on January 9, 1938 at Beloit, Kansas. She departed this life after a short, but intense illness with liver disease and cancer on late Wednesday afternoon, May 31, 2006 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas with her husband, two daughters, and some of the nurses who had cared for her...

Lola Maxine Sanders

Lola Maxine Sanders

May 30, 2006

Lola Maxine Sanders was born to John and Fannie Miller on November 30, 1922, south of Glen Elder. She departed this life Tuesday evening, May 30, 2006 at Bishop Davies Nursing Home in Hurst, Texas. She was 83 years and six months old. Lola spent her early years on the family farm in Kansas. She graduated from Ionia High School....

Leland L. Gates

Leland L. Gates

May 26, 2006

Leland Loren Gates was born on November 23, 1918 on a farm in Mitchell County, the son of Harry and Rilla McKee Gates. He died Friday, May 26, 2006 at the Mitchell County Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Beloit at the age of 87 years, 6 months, and 3 days. Leland grew up in the country, attending Center R-12...

Richard Daws

Richard Daws

May 25, 2006

Richard Clayton Daws, the son of Richard and Helena Hosch Daws, was born December 14, 1936, at Sioux City, Iowa. He died May 25, 2006, at the Mitchell County Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 69 years, 5 months and 11 days. Richard, or "Dick" as he was known, attended St. Frances School in...

Margaret L. Lowdermilk

Margaret L. Lowdermilk

May 25, 2006

Margaret Lois Lowdermilk, the daughter of Bruce and Maggie Reese Place, was born June 4, 1918, at Glen Elder, Kansas. She died May 25, 2006, at the Mitchell County Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 87 years. Margaret grew up and attended school in the Glen Elder area where she was a lifelong resident....

Donald L. Sackhoff

Donald L. Sackhoff

May 23, 2006

Donald Lyle Sackhoff, the son of August Frederick and Julia Viola Blundon Sackhoff, was born June 27, 1934 on a farm near Hunter, Kansas. He departed this life of 71 years late Tuesday morning, May 22, 2006 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas after a rather lengthy illness. "Don", as everyone knew him, lived nearly all of his life...

Gail Gordon Thomas

Gail Gordon Thomas

May 21, 2006

Gail Gordon "Tom" Thomas was born near Hunter, Kansas on February 18, 1928. He died on Sunday, May 21, 2006 in the Long Term Care Unit of the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. Tom grew up in rural Hunter and lived his entire life within 17 miles of his birthplace. He attended rural primary schools and graduated from Hunter...

Lucy H. "Lou" Gustafson

Lucy H. "Lou" Gustafson

May 20, 2006

Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday at the McDonald Funeral Home with Rev. Dan Davis officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Memorials may be given to First Presbyterian Church or Solomon Valley Hospice, and friends may call from 10:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. Monday at the McDonald Funeral Home.

Frederick A. Karlin

Frederick A. Karlin

May 19, 2006

Frederick Albert Karlin was born on July 10, 1943 in Hays, Kansas, the son of Leo E. and Martha Etzel Karlin. He died Friday, May 19, 2006 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 62 years, 10 months, and 9 days. Fred grew up in western Kansas, and attended the St. Francis Seminary in Victoria,...

John Ervin Emrich

John Ervin Emrich

May 17, 2006

John Ervin Emrich was born July 19, 1911 to George and Nellie Anthony Emrich in a log cabin in Quinlin, Oklahoma. He departed this life of 94 years, 10 months, and 1 day early Wednesday evening, May 17, 2006 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas. "Ervin" as he was known, lost his mother to typhoid fever when he was three...

Leith E. Watts

Leith E. Watts

May 17, 2006

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, May 20, 2006 at First United Methodist Church with Pastor Ken Parker officiating. Interment will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the North Central Kansas Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Department. Friends may call from 9:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. Friday at the McDonald Funeral Home.

Ella Richard

Ella Richard

May 17, 2006

Ella Elizabeth Richard was born on June 28, 1914 on a farm near Glasco, Kansas, the daughter of Lemmit and Estella Davis Amspacker. She died Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 91 years, 10 months, and 19 days. She grew up and attended the Welcome School District #66. On May 20, 1941,...

Vera Adrian Hauptli

Vera Adrian Hauptli

May 16, 2006

Adrian (Vera) Hauptli was born on September 26, 1911 in Little River, Kansas, the daughter of Luther D. and Hattie Mae Davis Smith. She died Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at the Mitchell County Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 94 years, 7 months, and 20 days. Adrian, as she was known, graduated from Cawker...

Joseph W. Gaston

Joseph W. Gaston

May 15, 2006

Joseph Woodward Gaston was born May 24, 1921 to Robert Bruce and Cora Grace Goodshaw Gaston on a farm south of Glen Elder, Kansas. He departed this life of 84 years, 11 months, 22 and days late Monday morning, May 15, 2006 at the Mitchell County Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Beloit, Kansas. "Joe", as everyone knew him, attended...

Hazel M. Yeager

Hazel M. Yeager

May 7, 2006

Hazel May Yeager, the daughter of John Sylvester and Minnie Elnora Odle Huffman, was born March 6, 1909 on a farm south of Beloit, Kansas. She departed this life of 97 years, two months, and one day late Sunday afternoon, May 7, 2006 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas. Following her graduation from Asherville High School (where she was the...

Harold H, Munsey

Harold H, Munsey

Apr 18, 2006

Harold Howard Munsey was born June 14, 1927 to Howard and Edna Rosa Moyer Munsey on a farm near Glen Elder, Kansas. He departed this life of 78 years, 10 months, and 14 days late Tuesday afternoon, April 18, 2006 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Harold attended all eight years of grade school at the High Prairie Country...

Herbert A. Traulsen

Herbert A. Traulsen

Apr 9, 2006

Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Friday, April 14, at the McDonald Funeral Home in Beloit with burial in St. John's Cemetery. Mr. Traulsen died Sunday, April 9, 2006, at his home in Albuquerque, NM. He is survived by his wife, Mildred Shaffer Traulsen of the home. Visitation will be from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday at the...

Bernadine M. Pahls

Bernadine M. Pahls

Apr 7, 2006

Bernadine Margaret (Baker) Pahls was born on September 5, 1920 in Marienthal, Kansas, the daughter of Anton and Caecilia Baier Baker. She died Friday, April 7, 2006 at the Long Term Care Unit of the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 85 years, 7 months, and 2 days. She grew up and attended Marienthal Grade School...

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