Darlene Beatty 1951-2016
Darlene Beatty, 65, Onaga, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at Medicalodges Jackson County.
She was born Oct. 4, 1951, in Hurricane, W. Va., the daughter of Arnold Kellison and Geraldine Angelina Campbell Clagg. She graduated from Hurricane High School in 1969 and later earned an associate degree in early education from Southwest Community College.
Mrs. Beatty was a homemaker. She had lived in the Onaga community since 2007 and had previously lived in Omaha, Neb., Creston, Iowa, and in West Virginia.
She was a founding member of Shalom Baptist Church in Fraziers Bottom, W. Va., and was active in P.T.A.
She married Bruce J. Beatty on July 19, 1969, in Hurricane, W. Va. He survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Melissa Woods and husband John, Omaha, Neb., and Stacy Perry and husband Mark, Missouri City, Texas; two sisters, Linda Snyder and husband Bob, Lebanon, Pa., and Tina Payne and husband David, Nitro, W. Va.; a brother, Gary Clagg and wife Barbara, Hurricane, W.Va.; and four grandchildren, Sydney, Emily and Sophie Woods and Aidan Bruce Perry. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Dwight Clagg.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27 at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Burial will follow in Springhill Cemetery in Whiting.
Memorial contributions may be made to Medicalodges Jackson County, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.
