WEEKS, BEULAH I.
Beulah I. Weeks, 90, died October 19, 2008 at Great
Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was given the gift of life March 3, 1918 at Waterville,
Kansas, the daughter of Henry Clinton and Lily Ellen (Huffman) Woodyard. She married Glenn E. Weeks January 1,
1941 at Shannon Friends Church, Russell County, Kansas. He died July 31, 1995. A Hoisington resident since 1994,
coming from Russell County, Mrs. Weeks was a homemaker and farmed with her husband.
Mrs. Weeks was a member of First United Methodist
Church, Hoisington; Order of Eastern Star Crystal Chapter #61, Bunker Hill; and a former member of Shannon Friends
Church, Shannon Women's Missionary Society, Beaver-Shannon Friends Church, and Russell County Farm Bureau.
Survivors include two daughters: Ruth Lanterman
and husband, Robert, Great Bend, Kansas; and Lou Ann Hinze and husband, Charles, Clarkston, Michigan; six grandchildren:
Lisa Baker and husband, Bradley; Kala Soward and husband, Gary; Sara Miller; Ryan Hinze; Evan Hinze; and Kristen
Hinze; and three great-grandchildren: Breanna Baker, Makenna Baker, and Claire Soward. She was preceded in death
by one infant daughter, Sylvia Sue Weeks; and three sisters: Earleen Chesney, Opal Parnell, and Laura Anderson.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday,
October 24, 2008 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. The Reverends Don Fisher and Ralph Jarboe, Jr. will officiate.
Burial will be in Cross Plains Cemetery, Russell County, Kansas. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00
p.m. Additional visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to service time Friday at the funeral home. Memorials in Mrs.
Weeks' name have been established with Cross Plains Cemetery, National Multiple Sclerosis Society or First United
Methodist Church, all in care of the funeral home. (Submitted by Kyle M. Condon)
WEEKS, GLENN E.
Glenn E. Weeks, 81 died July 31, 1995 at Central
Kansas Medical Center, St. Rose Campus, Great Bend. He was born July 5, 1914, at Russell County, the son of George
H. and Ruth Meharg Weeks. He was a lifelong resident of Russell County. He married Beulah Woodyard Jan 1, 1941,
at Russell County. He was a farmer and stockman. Weeks was a member of Beulah Masonic Lodge at Bunker Hill, and
American Legion at Russell. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife of the home, two daughters, Ruth Corcoran of Great Bend, and Lou Ann Hinze of Clarkson,
Mich; two sisters Jennie Harzman of Downs and Iva May Whiteman of Atlanta; and six grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, with the Rev. Lyle Whiteman officiating.
Burial will be at Cross Plains Cemetery in Russell County. Memorials are suggested to Beulah Masonic Lodge at Bunker
Hill, in care of the funeral home. (Submitted by Kyle M. Condon)
MOORE, SON (ED's
son)
TWO HAVE DIED
Victims of the Prairie Fire in Russell County Die
from Their Injuries
Russell, Kan., Mar. 20 - A ten-year-old son of
Ed Moore of Dorrence was burned today. His death resulted from burns received in a prairie fire near that place
about two weeks ago, in which several parties were seriously burned, this being the second one of the party that
has died from their injuries and two others are still in a dangerous condition. (Topeka Weekly Capital, April 6,
1893, page 2)
