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.