Elizabeth Lavera "Bessie" Comfort

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Elizabeth married John Woodruff Beals in 1914. John was born on 8 Jun 1892 in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States; died on 14 Sep 1983 in Bennington, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States; was buried in 1983 in Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Alluwee Beatty. Alluwee was born in 1917; died in 1998. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Wilma married David Mathew Trott in 1947. David was born on 19 Oct 1921 in Lamar, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States; died on 5 Oct 2008 in Lyon, rice County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]