Obituary

Birth: Jan. 6, 1921
Densmore
Norton County
Kansas, USA
Death: Jun. 17, 2009
Kansas City
Wyandotte County
Kansas, USA

E. Arlene Beach Yotter, 85, formerly of Newton, passed away Wednesday (June 17, 2009) at her Kansas City, Kan., home.

Arlene was born on Jan. 6, 1924, in Densmore to Walter and Velma Beach. They preceded her in death.

Arlene graduated from Newton High School in 1941 and married Donald J. Yotter in 1942. He passed away in 1988.

After high school, she worked for the Newton Chamber of Commerce for a short time. She also worked at the former McGee's potato chips and F.W. Woolworths. She also was the bookkeeper for H-Y Auto Service, the family business, for 25 years.

She is survived by a daughter, Cheryl of Newton; sons, Lewis and Jason, both of Newton, and Gerald of Kansas City, Kan.; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She also has many cousins and friends.

She also was preceded in death by a brother, Harold E. Beach.

Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. today at Petersen Funeral Home in Newton, with the family receiving friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Golden Plains Free Methodist Church in rural Newton, Kansas Highway 15 and 60th Street, with Pastor Bert Kirkpatrick and the Rev. Claude Griffith officiating.

Burial will follow at Restlawn Gardens of Memory.