Beulah Isabel Witt

Beulah Isabel (Stinson) Witt was born on April 8, 1912 in Winner, South Dakota to Benjamin and Anna (Peterson) Stinson. She grew up in the Bonesteel, South Dakota area where she attended a small country school near her family's farm and high school in Bonesteel. Beulah was a typical young girl of her era, helping her family in any way that she could, on the farm or in the family business. She was an inquisitive young girl, brave and adventuresome and was a member of her high school basketball team. When Beulah and her siblings weren't working, they enjoyed the company of family and neighbors to pass the time. Beulah married Walter Witt on January 3, 1930 at Lake Andes, South Dakota and they enjoyed a two month honeymoon traveling through South Dakota and Iowa visiting relatives. Beulah and Walter were blessed with four children: Walter Lee, Betty, Doris and John. They raised their family on farms near Bonesteel, South Dakota, Elkhorn, Nebraska and Bennington, Nebraska. In 1971 they settled in Elkhorn, Nebraska where they lived for 17 years. After Walter’s death Beulah moved to Bennington to be near her family. Beulah was a hard working woman who from an early age worked when and where she had to. She was a farm wife, café worker and worked in the laundry room at Boys Town just to name a few. Beulah and Walter's life was difficult at times, enduring the depression of the 1930's and the constant search for good jobs and security for their family. After the children were grown, they traveled to various parts of the country living, working, and meeting new friends. Beulah enjoyed making quilts for her family, reading, playing cards with family and friends, eating chocolate and gardening. She loved her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren and treasured the Christmas holiday with the family, a tradition that started when she was a young girl. Beulah passed away on July 7, 2007 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair, Nebraska at the age of 95 years, 2 months and 29 days. She was preceded in death by her parents Benjamin and Anna, husband Walter, son Lee, son-in-law Dale, daughter-in-law Bev, grandson Scott, great grandson Jacob, sister Rena and brother Robert. Beulah is survived by daughters and son-in-law Betty Thomas of Omaha, Nebraska, Doris and Jerry Gottsch of Bennington, Nebraska and son John of Nixa, Missouri. 11 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren; sister Bernita Wickman of Rapid City, South Dakota; two brothers-in-law and two sisters-in-law; many relatives and friends.

Beulah Isabel Witt

April 8, 1912 - July 7, 2007