Obituaries - Friday, November 6
Joyce L. Beadleston Gfeller
September 1, 1936 - November 2, 2026
Joyce L. Beadleston Gfeller died Monday, November 2, 2026. She was born September 1, 1936, at Oak Hill, to Ralph and Grace (Yantiss) Beadleston. When she was 5, her parents moved to a farm near Industry. She graduated from Dickinson County Community High School in Chapman in 1955, then worked as a nurse’s aide at hospitals in Junction City and Clay Center and for the Farm Bureau office in Manhattan.
She married Alfred “Junior” Gfeller on June 10, 1956, in Industry. They lived briefly in Junction City before moving to their home in the Upland community in 1957. She worked at Upland Mutual Insurance for 25 years, retiring in September 1998. She was a member of Saint John’s United Church of Christ, its women’s guild, Alida Upland Parish Women and the Independent Club. The couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in June 2016.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Junior; her parents; her in-laws, Alfred and Helen Gfeller; a sister, Raylene Alvarez; a brother, Larry Beadleston; a niece, Brenda Krinhop; and a nephew, Kevin Alvarez.
Survivors include her daughters, Janean (Don) Gilmore, Connie (Dale) Dugan of Chapman and Cathy Osbourn of Solomon; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a sister, Debbi (Don) Fultz of Oak Hill, Virginia; a sister-in-law, Carol Beadleston of Solomon; and nieces and nephews.
Services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday, November 7, 2026. Memorials may be made to Alida Upland Church or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, sent in care of Londeen-Overlease Funeral Chapel, PO Box 411, Chapman, KS 67431.
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