Buddy M. Butler
March 4, 1962 - December 13, 2018
Age: 56 Years, 9 Months, 9 Days
SERVICE
Hill and Son Funeral Home
Appleton City, Missouri
Monday, December 17, 2018
2:00 pm
MINISTER
Jerry Johannigmeier
VISITATION
Hill and Son Funeral Home
Appleton City, Missouri
Monday, December 17, 2018
12:00-2:00 pm
INTERMENT
Oak Hill Cemetery
Butler, Missouri
MEMORIAL
Appleton City Athletic Boosters
French “Buddy” Mario Butler II passed away peacefully at his home outside of Appleton City, Missouri, on December 13, 2018. The only son of French Mario and Pearl (Weinstein) Butler, he was born on March 4, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Hudson School, where he made many lifelong friends, and then graduated from Appleton City High School in 1980. Buddy immediately took over his family farm and began ranching, which he continued all his life.
Buddy married Kim Hampton in 1987, yet even through a divorce they remained close friends. He later married Jenny Jennings in 2001, gaining a daughter Olivia, who he always adored. Jenny and Buddy divorced, but remained best friends and family.
Buddy was known and remembered as a “gentleman-farmer,” who enjoyed supervising his cattle operation as much as laboring in it. He spent many white-knuckled Sunday afternoons watching Chiefs football and providing “expert” commentary on how the team might improve. Buddy dearly loved a big-fat-steak and refreshments on evenings, weekends, and holidays. One of his favorite activities was “stirring-the-pot” and amusing himself by riling up his friends and family, all in good fun. He will be dearly missed by all those who encountered him.
He is preceded in death by his father and mother, French Mario and Pearl (Weinstein) Butler.
Buddy is survived by those he considered family: Jenny Butler and his daughter Olivia Jennings; as well as Straton and Kim Raybourn and Straton Lee Raybourn; and his cousins. He will be deeply missed by his many friends.
