Obituary - Martha Jane Cook

Martha Jane Cook, 94, Adrian, Missouri, died Friday, March 1, 2013 at Adrian Manor in Adrian. Memorial services will be 10:30am Tuesday, March 5 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian. Cremation with inurnment at Clearfork Cemetery, Garden City, Missouri. A full obituary will be added as soon as that information is available.

Obituary - Catherine Lucille Harper

Catherine L. Harper, 90, of Harrisonville, Missouri, died Saturday, March 2, 2013 at her home in Harrisonville. Funeral services will be held 2:00pm Monday, March 4 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. The family will receive friends 1:00-2:00pm Monday at the chapel. Burial in Oakland Cemetery, Harrisonville. A complete obituary will be added at a later date.

Appleton City man Injured in early morning crash

  Bates County Sheriff along with Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a rollover accident around 2am this morning. Seth E. Greufe 20, of Appleton City Missouri received moderate injuries when the East bound 2005 Pontiac he was driving traveled off the roadway struck an embankment and over turned coming to rest on it's top. This accident was on B Highway just East of County Road 10255. The car was totaled and was towed from the scene by Gilkey Tow of Rich Hill. Greufe was taking by private vehicle to Ellett Memorial Hospital in Appleton City. The accident was worked by SGT C.M. Gach of the Highway Patrol and Bates County Sheriff

Accident 52 Highway Exit Ramp

Bates County Sheriff along with Missouri State Highway Patrol is in route to a reported accident on The 52 Highway West exit ramp. Driver reports she was stopped and got rear-ended by a another vehicle. No report of injuries. Please use caution when traveling in this area

Smoke reported at Filling Station in Butler

Butler Fire Department along with Butler Police is on route to reported smoke in the office of the Filling Station ( Bear Stop) in Butler... Bates County Live is in route and will update..

Updated Obituary - Ronald "Darin" Wainscott

Funeral Mass for Darin Wainscott will be 2:00 PM Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Montrose, Missouri with Father John Bolderson as Celebrant. Visitation prior to Mass, 12 noon to 2 PM at the Church. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler. In lieu of flowers, a scholarship fund is being created at Butler High School for gifts in Darin’s memory. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

Ronald “Darin” Wainscott, 42, of Butler died February 28, 2013. He was born April 6, 1970, at Bates County Memorial Hospital, to Ronald M. Wainscott and Sharon E. Everett. He was educated at Butler Elementary School and Butler High School and spent his senior year as a CEO student at Osage Valley Electric Cooperative. After graduation, Darin joined his brother Danny in partnership of Wainscott Bros. Farms, raising cattle and growing row crops.

On June 6, 1992, he was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart, Annie Strobach. Into this union, they were blessed with two beautiful children, Lauren Jane and Garrett Boone.

Darin began his career at Osage Valley in 1988. He progressed from a member of the brush crew to lineman, then to member of the staking engineering department, and then materials clerk. In 2012 he was promoted to Operations Manager. He would have completed 25 years of service in June. He was active in FFA and 4-H, showing steers and heifers, as well as his favorite horses Poco and Bridget. He was an active community member, serving on the Butler R-V school board, being a member of the Butler Bear Backers, and he was on the finance committee at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Through the organizations he was involved in, he enjoyed frying fish at the Catholic Church fish fries, and he played a large role in the building of the Butler Bears new football complex.

Darin was a devout member of the Catholic faith. His greatest passions were watching his children in sporting events and horse shows. He was proud of Lauren for never missing a game of volleyball or basketball. There was a special sparkle in his eye when watching Lauren ride in competition. And he was equally proud of Garret for going out for football and his involvement in high school theatre productions. He loved taking Garrett hunting and chasing that big buck. He was a devoted husband, father, uncle, son and friend and was known by a number of various terms of endearment, including Darwood, Opie, Damnit Darin, My Little Red-faced Buddy and, to Annie, the Love of my Life.

Darin and Annie were also in a partnership raising quarter horses with mother Sharon, under the brand W.E. Ranch Quarter Horses. The entire family shared a passion for showing horses, and Darin cherished the friends they made in the Missouri Paint Horse Club.

He is preceded in death by two sets of grandparents, Frank and Mildred Miller, Arthur and Ruth Wainscott and brother in law, Ted Strobach. He leaves behind beloved wife Annie, his daughter Lauren, son Garrett, mother Sharon Everett and step father Tommy, father Ron and wife Erma, one brother Danny and wife Jenny, nephew Kody, nieces Kyla and Kara Chandler, brother and sister in law Scott and Robin Strobach, nieces Allison, Emily, Maddy and Valerie Strobach, brother and sister in law Kathie and Mike Stuckenschneider, nephews Andrew, Bryce, Trey and Kyle Stuckenschneider, brother in laws Thad Strobach and Chris and Jarrah Strobach, and four step sisters, Michelle Conley and husband Jay, Rhonda Everett, Gayle Perryman and husband Robert, Linda Cumpton and husband Levon, and step brothers Brett Everett and wife Stacey and Gene Morris and wife Brandy.

From the city of Butler

  The City of Butler has announced that the brush site will be 

closed this weekend due to the road conditions. 03-02-2013



Courtesy of FM. 92.1

Obituary - Rex Ro Garland

Rex Ro Garland, Jr., 90, Harrisonville, Missouri, formerly of Archie, Missouri, died Friday, March 1, 2013 at Crown Care Center in Harrisonville. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. Visitation will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. Burial will be in Crescent Hill Cemetery in Adrian, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association or American Heart Association.