Source: Desert Journal Online (, NM)

"Shirley I. Beth, 67, a resident of Truth or Consequences more than 14 years, died Oct. 28, 2002, at the Sierra Health Care Center. She was born Aug. 11, 1935, in Fulton, KS, to Floyd Earl and Dora E. (Cosens) Beth. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse most of her life and recently retired from the New Mexico Veterans Home. She enjoyed her spare time researching and studying her family's genealogy. She also enjoyed gardening and working on her home computer. Survivors include her sister, Marlene Beth of T or C; her brother, Carl Edward Beth and wife Trudy of Lake Havasu, AZ; three nieces, Debbie Marlene Adams of Mount Joy, PA, Connie Kathryn Crofts of Elmo, TX, and Cindie Lynn Diaz of Chandler, AZ.
Graveside services were held at the family plot at the Fairview Cemetery in Fulton, KS. Local arrangements were by Sierra Funeral Home and Sierra Crematory, 507 W. McAdoo St. in T or C."