Wilma Esther Beals

1918 - 1986  (68 years)

• Name	Wilma Esther Beals
  Birth	11 Feb 1918	Oak Hill, Clay County, Kansas, United States
  Gender	Female
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  Death	18 Feb 1986	Great Bend Township, Barton County, Kansa, United States
  	Wilma Esther was born to John W. and Bessie Beals, February 11, 1918 west of Oak Hill, Ks. She passed away February 18, 1986 in Cherry Village, Great Bend, Kansas at the age of 68. Her childhood and teen years was lived in the Oak Hill, Clifton and Miltonvale communities. She worked in the Panhandle and Rio Grande Valley of Texas during the Second World War years. Wilma married David Trott in Salina, Ks, February 16, 1947. They farmed south of Miltonvale for five years. They moved to York Neb. in 1951 where she worked in the College Kitchen to help support her husband going to college. Wilma joined her husband in the following parish appointments: Meriden-Rock Creek, Bethany, Penalosa, Ionia-Odessa, Sylvia-Huntsville-Fairview, Grainfield-Gove, and Bushton-Ebenezer. Wilma was an active leader in children, youth and women's work. She worked in the camping, Vacation Church School, and Church School programs as well a community activities. He winsome spirit won the hearts of those who knew her. She always felt that her husband was her pastor since she was a member of the church where she lived and served with him. She celebrated her sixty-eighth birthday just seven days prior to her death and their thirty-ninth wedding anniversary was just two days before her passing. She was an inspiration to all those who stopped in to see her in Cherry Village. Wilma was a member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church and United Methodist Woman and an honorary member of the Laverna Circle in Buston. Those preceding her in death were her parents and two sisters; Dorothy Gray and Doris Holman. Those surviving to celebrate her life are : her husband of the home; brother Wayne Beals of Bethany, Ok., sister Ellen Binder of Ayrshire, Iowa; uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. As a tribute to Wilma, we are suggesting memorials to the churches where she has served.
  Person ID	I41903	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	John Woodruff Beals,   b. 8 Jun 1892, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States d. 14 Sep 1983, Bennington, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lavera "Bessie" Comfort,   b. 20 May 1895, Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States d. 21 May 1970, Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1914
  Family ID	F14828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Mathew Trott,   b. 19 Oct 1921, Lamar, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States d. 5 Oct 2008, Lyon, rice County, Kansas, United States (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1947
  Family ID	F14830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2023