Mary Louise Todd Beveridge, age 98, a former resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, and more recently of Olathe, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 1, 2024, at her home in Olathe.

She was born February 19, 1926, at Pittsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Isaac H. Todd and Hallie Swett Todd.  Mary was a graduate of Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, Ft. Scott Junior College and Pittsburg State University.  She also did graduate work at the University of Kansas.

On graduating college, Mary was employed as society editor for the Ft. Scott Tribune.  She later worked for USD #234 and then as assistant library director for Ft. Scott Community College.  She retired in May of 1992 and moved to Olathe to be near her family.

Mary was a past member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ft. Scott where she served as an elder.  She later became a member of the Village Presbyterian Church on Antioch in Overland Park, Kansas.  She was also a member of the American Library Association, the Greek societies, Phi Alpha Theta and Delta Kappa Gamma, and the American Association of University Women.  In earlier years in Ft. Scott, she had served as Vice-President of the Old Fort Historic Governing Board as well as the Bourbon County Historic Preservation Association.  Following her retirement, she volunteered her time to the Olathe Public Library and the Harmony Public School of Overland Park.

 

Survivors include her son, John Beveridge of Overland Park, Kansas, a grandson Christopher D. Beveridge and wife, Moria and a great-grandson, Callan Beveridge all of Shawnee, Kansas.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Melvin O. Beveridge who was Superintendent of Postal Operation in Ft. Scott for many years.

 

Graveside services will be held at the U. S. National Cemetery in Ft Scott at 11 a.m. on March 8, 2024.  Memorials are suggested to the Ft. Scott Community College Endowment Association, the First Presbyterian Church of Ft. Scott, the Village Presbyterian Church on Antioch in Overland Park, Kansas or any organization supporting nature conservation and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft, Scott, KS 66701.  Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.