Obituaries
Bertha K. Beguelin 1907 - 2012 Lawrence
Bertha Katherine Beguelin
Funeral services for Bertha K. Beguelin, 104, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 8, 2012 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. She died on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence.
Bertha was born on October 21, 1907 in McLouth, KS the daughter of William Shrines and Catherine Klyminzewski Lombard. She completed eighth grade at Valley Grove country school in 1920. She worked on her family farm north of Lawrence.
She was a retired dressmaker, who worked for 35 years in downtown stores, including the last 25 years at Weavers Department Store. She retired in 1985.
Bertha and her husband were active in square dancing clubs for over forty years and were members of the Trinity Lutheran Church for seventy years. She loved dancing, round dancing, bible studies, quilting, bridge, bingo and was a fabulous pie maker.
She married Harry Edward Beguelin on April
20, 1926 in Lawrence. He preceded her in death in July 1995.
Survivors include two sons, Robert (wife, Donna) Beguelin, Lawrence, KS and Les (wife, Jean) Beguelin, Topeka, KS, five grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and eight great- great grandchildren.
The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
The family suggests memorials in her name to the Trinity Lutheran Church and may be sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
Online condolences may be sent to www.warrenmcelwain.com.
Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries.LJWorld.com.
Marketplace
Arts & Entertainment · Bars · Theatres · Restaurants · Coffeehouses · Libraries · Antiques · Services
- The Tonganoxie Split: Myth lacks scientific backing but remains intriguing mystery March 8, 2014 · 14 comments
- Kansas House speaker sends lawmakers to work on school finance March 10, 2014 · 1 comment
- Police: Lawrence man arrested after stabbing friend near Burcham Park March 10, 2014 · 1 comment
- Higher ed social media policy rewrite gets warm reception from faculty and staff March 10, 2014 · 2 comments
- It's tough being a Wichita State fan in Jayhawk Nation March 10, 2014 · 7 comments
- Capitol Report: Navigators, kindergarten March 10, 2014 · 6 comments
- Lawrence man charged with first-degree murder; investigators searching for additional suspects in Saturday homicide March 10, 2014 · 1 comment
- Saturday Column: Voters must look at facts, not promises, in 2014 March 8, 2014 · 25 comments
- Kansas Democrats upbeat about governor's race March 9, 2014 · 12 comments
- Letter: Sinful lifestyle February 25, 2014 · 148 comments
- KU's Wiggins named Big 12 freshman of the year, Embiid named defensive player of the year March 9, 2014
- It's tough being a Wichita State fan in Jayhawk Nation March 10, 2014
- Johnson County legislators push $2 million pilot project to get more IT workers March 10, 2014
- Bankruptcies for March 10 March 10, 2014
- Kansas AAUP pushing for stronger patent rights for faculty February 28, 2014
- Higher ed social media policy rewrite gets warm reception from faculty and staff March 10, 2014
- 'Jeannie' actress Barbara Eden dreams of Jayhawk basketball February 15, 2014
- Lawrence woman in satisfactory condition, man's condition unknown after two injury accidents Sunday morning March 9, 2014
- Long-term water needs will require flow of money, officials say March 10, 2014
- KU students set to vote on eliminating athletics fee March 7, 2014
