Obituary of Beth Mustoe

IN LOVING MEMORY OF BETH MUSTOE Mable Elizabeth "Beth" Mustoe, daughter of Ora and Mary (Scott) Page, was born April 22, 1912, in Norton, Kansas, and passed away at the Andbe Home in Norton, on March 25, 2014, at the age of 101. Beth was the last surviving Norton resident of her pioneer family that settled in Norton County in the 1870s. She grew to womanhood in the Highland neighborhood and attended District 28, Blue Ridge Grade School and graduated from the Norton Community High School in 1929. She taught school for many years at I.X.L. #43, Mount Pleasant #110, Blue Ridge District #28, and Dry Creek #23. Beth and Melvin Mustoe were united in marriage on May 28, 1933, at the home of her parents. After a few years residence in Norton, they moved to the C.G. Page ranch. After 33 years of farming, they moved four miles west of Norton, where they lived for 17 years before residing again in Norton. She and Melvin were awarded the State Master Farmer/Homemaker Award in 1968, from Kansas State University. Melvin passed away July 6, 1996, and Beth later entered the Andbe Home. Beth was a very active member of the Norton Christian Church where she was a teacher for 50+ years, assistant Sunday school superintendent, member of the choir, women's council and division, and participated on various committees including the committee for the new parsonage in the 1960s and the Worship committee. She took great joy in playing the piano for the children in Sunday school and for the residents of the Andbe Home. Beth was also a member of numerous community groups throughout her lifetime. Two of her favorites included the Happiness Is China Painting and the Pride Committee of Norton. Survivors include: two daughters, Rosemary O'Donnell, Rockville, Maryland; Judyanne and husband, Dale Somers, Topeka, Kansas; two grandchildren, Jennifer Somers and husband, Aaron Crawford, Topeka, and Michael and wife, Tammy Somers, Durham, North Carolina; three great-grandchildren, Juleah, Holden, and Porter Somers, Durham; other relatives and many friends. Beth was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her brother and his wife, Carmy Gross and Lulu Page, her sister and her husband, Georgia Rose and Dorrance Lemonds. Beth was an avid supporter of education. She has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Norton Public Library.