Dateline: Great Bend
Jerrol Keith Beckwith, 86, went to be with Jesus November 17, 2021 at Hospice House, Hutchinson.
He was born October 12, 1935 in Larned, the son of Carrol Kneeland and Hazel Carolyn Smith Beckwith.
A lifetime area resident, he was a banker, working in St. Joseph, Missouri, and Stafford, Liberal, and Lorraine, Kansas. He was a member of Encounter Church, Great Bend and was very civic-minded, serving on city councils, volunteer fire departments, and in the United States Navy.
On January 19, 1964, he married Oleta Louise Weaver at Larned; she survives.
Other survivors include a son, Darren (Lisa) Beckwith, Ellinwood; daughter, Jill (Aaron) Sauer, Ellinwood; two brothers, Kim Monroe (Cheryl) Beckwith, Larned, Kevin Theodore (Suzanne) Beckwith, Perry; sister, Kathy Jo (Keith) Johnson, Pleasant Hill, IA; six grandchildren, Danielle Beckwith, Oklahoma City, OK, Darrien (Andy) Wiechman, Midland, TX, Delaney Meg Beckwith, Oklahoma City, OK, Mallory (Joe) Auer, Ethan Sauer, Madison Sauer, all of Ellinwood; and one great-granddaughter, Lexi Auer.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Carrol Kay Beckwith, and two sisters, Carolyn Annette Murphy and V. Clione Bieber.
Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Encounter Church, Great Bend, with Pastor Dwight Dozier presiding. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 19, 2021 at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned with family present from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Burial will be in Larned Cemetery with military graveside rites.
Memorials may be given to Ellinwood EMS or the Central Kansas Dream Center in care of Beckwith Mortuary, PO Box 477, Larned, Kansas 67550. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.