Esther Ruth Beaushaw

Esther Ruth Beaushaw, the daughter of Frederick Orion Pickle and Elizabeth Jane (Elliott) Pickle, was born in Onaga, Kansas, on September 22, 1924. She passed away at the Nicol Home in Glasco, Kansas, on February 4, 2026, at the age of 101 years old.

As a child, she lived with her parents in Onaga, Wheaton, and Frankfort, Kansas, until 1930, when the family moved to Jamestown, where she spent most of the rest of her life. She graduated from Jamestown High School in 1942.

Soon after graduation, she moved to Denver, Colorado, and found a job in a Woolworths Store as a clerk in the candy department. She came home at Christmas in 1942, and remained to help her mother for several months. Later in 1943, she moved to Wichita, Kansas, and babysat for a couple who worked shifts at a factory making products for World War II. In 1944, she made her way to Manhattan, Kansas, where she worked in a nursing home doing laundry and a creamery sorting eggs. She stayed in Manhattan after the war was over; she met her first husband, Charles Lewis, at a USO dance. They would marry in her parents’ home in Jamestown and have a daughter, Gloria Jeanette in 1947. The marriage ended in divorce.

She met her second husband, Merrill Beaushaw through a blind date set up by mutual friends. They married on September 18, 1949, in Jamestown. To this marriage was born Marylin Kay in 1950 and Karen Elizabeth in 1954.

Esther spent most of her life as a homemaker taking care of her three girls. She also worked at the Jamestown Cheyenne Lodge Nursing Home in housekeeping, the Jamestown Public Library as a librarian, and as an Avon salesperson. She and her husband enjoyed traveling with their camper. She was a lifetime member of the Rebekahs, the VFW and American Legion Ladies Auxiliary.

Esther was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers, Arthur and Don, her sisters, Martha, Myrtle, Elaine, and Agnes, her husband, Merrill, her daughter, Karen, a son-in-law Buddy Coss, and a grandson, Monte Dan Bean II.

Survivors include her daughters Gloria of Americus, Georgia, and Marylin of Chapman, Kansas; her grandchildren: Patrick Yockers, Nathan (Kelly) Yockers, Anastasia Kosowski, Melissa (Matthew) Schuster, Melinda (Chuck) Latham, Melanie (Anthony) Lira, Matt (Crystal) Bean, Michelle (Sam) Lawson, and Shawn Anderson; 16 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great- grandchildren along with many nephews and nieces.

Esther chose cremation. A private graveside service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be given to The Nicol Home of Glasco, Kansas in care of the funeral home. For online condolences, please visit nuttermortuary.com.