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Kay Beat Obituary
Kay Ann Beat, 80, died Nov. 9, 2025 in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
She was born July 25, 1945, in Kingman, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil McPheeters and Bernice “Marie” Blank McPheeters. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a homemaker and retired receptionist at Donley Clinic and the secretary at St. Patrick's Grade School.
Kay was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Kingman and St. Peter the fisherman in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
On Oct. 12, 1963, she married Joseph “Joe” Beat in Kingman. Other survivors include three sons Brian Beat, Mark Beat and Greg Beat and his wife Tammy; daughter Dana Moore and husband Win; grandchildren Brandon (Meredith) Beat, Cassandra (Josh) Forcum, Jennipher Beat (Seth Adelhardt), Amber (Sam) Clouse, Tyler (Krystal) Beat, Wyatt (Lauren) Beat, Bryanna (Kyle) Bontrager, Win (Maddie) Moore, Erin (Riley) Galloway, Davis Moore, Olivia (Eric) Newman and Laykin Moore. She was preceded in death by her parents; step-father Don Egan; and brother Verlin "Mac" McPheeters.
Parish rosary will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Kingman followed by the Mass of Christian Burial. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 at Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman. Burial will be in the Walnut Hill Cemetery in Kingman, KS.
Memorials may be made to St. Patrick's Grade School and sent in care of Livingston Funeral Home, 1830 N. Main, Kingman, KS 67068.
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