Known as "Bill" he was born Feb. 28, 1921, in Hillsdale. He was the ninth of the 11 children of Fred and Clara Ethel Dunn Beets. He attended grade school in Hillsdale and was a 1939 graduate of Spring Hill High School.
He and Mildred Ruth Jarboe were married Feb. 14, 1990, in Osawatomie. They lived in the same house where he grew up near Hillsdale and where he spent his entire life.
Mr. Beets worked as a plumber in Olathe for 20 years and was also a farmer.
He attended the United Methodist Church in Spring Hill.
His pasttimes were fishing and hunting.
Those preceeding him in death included five brothers and three sisters.
Surviving are his wife, Mildred Beets of the home; a brother, Fred Beets of Spearfish, S.D.; and a sister, Pauline Smith of Paola.
Services were Friday at Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home in Osawatomie, followed by burial in Hillsdale Cemetery. Pallbearers were Don Beets, Gary Smith, Laurence Boehm, Vernon Beets, Dick Beets and Bryan Beets.
Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association.
Known as "Bill" he was born Feb. 28, 1921, in Hillsdale. He was the ninth of the 11 children of Fred and Clara Ethel Dunn Beets. He attended grade school in Hillsdale and was a 1939 graduate of Spring Hill High School.
He and Mildred Ruth Jarboe were married Feb. 14, 1990, in Osawatomie. They lived in the same house where he grew up near Hillsdale and where he spent his entire life.
Mr. Beets worked as a plumber in Olathe for 20 years and was also a farmer.
He attended the United Methodist Church in Spring Hill.
His pasttimes were fishing and hunting.
Those preceeding him in death included five brothers and three sisters.
Surviving are his wife, Mildred Beets of the home; a brother, Fred Beets of Spearfish, S.D.; and a sister, Pauline Smith of Paola.
Services were Friday at Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home in Osawatomie, followed by burial in Hillsdale Cemetery. Pallbearers were Don Beets, Gary Smith, Laurence Boehm, Vernon Beets, Dick Beets and Bryan Beets.
Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association.
Family Members
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Vivian Maxine Beets Mayes
1909–1980
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Mildred Pauline Beets Smith
1910–2006
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Marjorie Ruth Beets Boehm
1912–1993
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Max Vernon "Pete" Beets Sr
1913–1982
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Fred "Mannie" Beets Jr
1915–2006
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Gerald Dean Beets
1917–1972
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Robert Eugene Beets Sr
1918–1981
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Rex Kay Beets
1920–1986
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Kenneth Dunn Beets
1922–1990
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Clara Jean "Jean" Beets Merrill
1924–2000
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