Dorothy L. Beals

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Family/Spouse: Roland A. Gray. Roland was born on 27 Aug 1915 in Clay County, Kansas, United States; died on 1 May 2011 in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John W. Beals, 91, Delphos, died Friday September 14, 1983, at the Ottawa County Hospital, Minneapolis. He was born June 8, 1892, in Ottawa County and lived in Bennington for many years where he was a farmer and rancher. John married Elizabeth "Bessie" Comfort in 1914 and were married for 56 years, until her passing in May of 1970.

Mr. Beals taught school for five years, served two terms as an Ottawa County Commissioner and five years as the Ottawa County Appraiser.

He moved to Delphos in 1971. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the IOOF Lodge.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Bessie and a daughter, Dorothy Gray. Surviving are his wife Jessie, of the home; a son, Wayne, Bethany, Okla; two daughters, Mrs. Wilma Trott, Lyons, and Ellen Binder, Ayrshire, Iowa; a stepdaughter, Julianne Zajic, Delphos; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Wilkins, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Nellie Mottin, Miltonvale; 21 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren and several great -grandchildren.

The funeral will be Monday September 17, at 2 p.m. at the Delphos Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in the Bennington Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the church.

John married Elizabeth Lavera "Bessie" Comfort in 1914. Elizabeth (daughter of Arthur Rufus Comfort and Mary Elizabeth Heald) was born on 20 May 1895 in Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States; died on 21 May 1970 in Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States; was buried in 1970 in Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Arthur married Mary Elizabeth Heald. Mary (daughter of Clark Heald and Catherine "Kate" Gilmour) was born on 5 Dec 1867 in Delaware County, Iowa, United States; died on 4 Sep 1930 in Clay Centre, Clay County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clark married Catherine "Kate" Gilmour. Catherine (daughter of Arthur J. Gilmour and Mary Catherine Miller) was born on 16 Mar 1846 in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States; died on 19 Oct 1930 in Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]