Catherine C. Costin Beth passed away Friday, December 6, 2024, at Credo Senior Living, Fort Scott, KS. She was born May 24, 1925, in Oil Hill, KS, the town that City Services built near Towanda, KS.
Her mother was Edith Neeley Costin, and father was Cass Cartell Costin.
Catherine accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her Savior and was baptized in 1937. In 1939 she came to live with Frank and Jessie Gifford as their foster daughter. She graduated from Fulton High School in 1943.
In 1944 she was united in marriage to Ellis Lee Beth, her high school sweetheart. They were married more than 75 years before his passing. She and Ellis Lee farmed their entire life together. She also worked for the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) for over 27 years. She served as the County Executive Director in her last ten years at ASCS.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her mother and father, a daughter, Cathy Lee Beth, a son, Darrel E. Beth, a sister, Mary Jane Berry and two half-brothers, Verne and Floyd Costin.
Those surviving are two daughters, Marilyn (John) Sipe and Marsha (Doug) Bell; a daughter-in-law, Sandra Beth; grandchildren, Shana (Mike) Emerson, Clifton (Whitney) Beth, Beth Ann (Casey) Alexander, Catherine Bell (Nick Sterner) and Elizabeth Bell; and great-grandchildren, Cali, Nick and Austin Emerson, Ella and Carter Beth, Isaac and Eli Alexander, Bryn and Claire Sterner, and great-great-grandchild, Lincoln Emerson.
There was cremation. A private family burial will take place at a later date at the West Liberty Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted online at cheneywitt.com.
