Burlingame--Bessie B. McFarlane, 87, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Vintage Park in Osage City, Kansas surrounded by family. Bessie was born on August 10, 1932 in Harveyville, Kansas on her favorite storying telling place Buttermilk Lane. She was the daughter of Ray G. and Ora Lila (Wyrick) Meyers. Bessie attended grade school in Harveyville, then move to Burlingame. She spent most of her life in Burlingame. Bessie graduated from Burlingame High School with the class 1950. She had worked for Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Topeka, was a homemaker, worked at Patterson's Hy-Klas. Joe and Bessie owned and operated J-B Swap and Shop, and was a donut maker at Casey's, all in Burlingame. She had also worked at Dollar General in Osage City in her retirement years. She was a member of the Burlingame Federated Church, the VFW and Eastern Star.
On September 14, 1951, Bessie was married to Joseph W. McFarlane at the Burlingame Federated Church.
Bessie was preceded in death her parents, by her husband of 58 years, Joe, on September 15, 2010; by her son, Jeffrey M. McFarlane on March 14, 2014; by her three sisters, Ora Jackson, Dorothy Dorr and Evelyn Moon; and by a great-grandchild, Kaysein Harris.
Bessie is survived by her two daughters, Kathy of Harveyville(Duane) and Cindy (Kevin) Harris of Burlingame; her daughter-in-law, Pam McFarlane of Burlingame, her eight grandchildren, Josey (Christina) McFarlane, Jacob (Katie) McFarlane, Kelsie (Brad) Kooser, Molly (Dwayne) Wall, Noel Poe, Andy (Bree) Harris, Daniel (Erin) Harris and Kyle Harris. She has seventeen great-grandchildren, McKenna, Madison, Morgan, Moxie, and Jameson McFarlane: Justice, Preslee, and Ryker McFarlane: Braxton, Jeffrey Decker, Collins, and Kane Kooser: Paighten, Karter, and Burke Harris: Lexie and Emery. She holds a special place her heart for two other grandchildren, Derrick and Shayla.
Funeral services for Bessie will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 18 at the Burlingame Federated Church. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Wednesday evening at the church. Burial will be in the Burlingame Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made payable to the Jeff McFarlane Memorial Scholarship Fund or the Burlingame Federated Church and or Church Food Pantry, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Avenue, Lyndon, KS. 66451.