Bates County Sheriffs Department Along With Butler Police Department Host Distracted Driving Course

Bates County Sheriffs Department along with Butler Police Department hosted a distracted driving course with the sophomore class at Butler R-V High School today. The students were tested on numerous distractions while operating a motor vehicle. They were also had a simulation of being drunk by wearing special goggles and also performed field sobriety testing. 

Weather Update: Even Colder Thursday Night

 

 If you thought it was cold last night, just wait for Thursday night! Here are the forecast low temperatures by daybreak Friday. Everyone in eastern Kansas and across the state of Missouri should prepare for the end of the growing season.

The Rich Hill High School FBLA chapter's Haunted House

The Rich Hill High School FBLA chapter's Haunted House opens this Friday night after the Tigers' football game against the Cole Camp Blue Birds. The Haunted House will be open until eleven o'clock Friday night and from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Saturday.

Fun Run Mud Run LAST Run of the Year

Weather Update: Prepare For A Cold Night

The Cold temperatures are on tap for tonight, but there are quite a few clouds that need to clear before it gets really cold. However, lows are still expected to fall into the upper 20s to lower 30s. Frost advisories and freeze warning are in place for tonight. Thursday night may even be colder! Stay warm!

COMMUNITY MEMORY SCREENINGS

If you are concerned about having memory issues, take advantage of free confidential memory screenings and educational materials from the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Community Memory Screenings at the Butler Senior Center located at 611 W. Mill, in Butler on Monday, October 28, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.  For more information you can call (660) 679-5830.

Obituary - Eleanor Jane (Eaton) Stollfus

Eleanor Jane (Eaton) Stollfus, 89, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Friday, October 18, 2013 at her home. Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, November 2 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 2:00-2:30. Inurnment will be held Monday, November 4 at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to Cass County Council on Aging.

Eleanor was born September 22, 1924 in Erie, North Dakota, the daughter of Lawrence and Minnie (See) Eaton, second born of five girls. They moved to Bemidji, Minnesota in 1928, where she attended one year of school, before moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1931. The family moved often in the area with frequent school changes. Eleanor graduated from Hopkins High School in Hopkins, Minnesota, the first graduation class following the start of WWII.

She lived in Minneapolis and worked at the Strutwear Knitting Mill for two years following graduation before becoming eligible to enlist in the Women’s Army Corps in October, 1944. She received her basic training in Ft. Des Moines, Iowa, then medical technical training at Wm Beaumont Army Hospital in El Paso, Texas. She was then assigned to Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco, California, where she served until September, 1946. She was transferred to Vienna, Austria, where she was assigned to the Judge Advocate Section as a Chief Clerk. She returned to Letterman Hospital in January, 1948 and served in the Information & Education Office. She was re-assigned back to Austria in September, 1949, serving in Salzburg as First Sgt. for the WAC Detachment. Eleanor returned to the States in 1952 and served in Washington, D.C. at the Pentagon and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for her last year in service. She was honorably discharged in September, 1953 with the rank of Master Sergeant.

Eleanor spent several months at home in Mora, Minnesota with her parents and youngest sister, Carol, before venturing to Yuma, Arizona to go into a small business with an Army friend. She met and married Alvin H. Stollfus on January 30, 1954 and their three children, Nancy Louise, James Alvin and Brian Lee were all born there. The family moved to Purdy, Missouri in 1963.

After her youngest child started school, in the early 1960’s, Eleanor went to work for St. Vincent’s Hospital in Monett. She moved to Minnesota where she worked at a state hospital for disabled and disfunctioning children and adults from 1964-1967. They moved back to Missouri in September, 1969, again working in Monett. She sought and found employment at the Missouri TB Sanatorium in Mt. Vernon, Missouri. She became an LPN in 1972 and continued working for the hospital. The hospital went through name changes, which included Missouri State Chest Hospital and later renamed Missouri State Rehab Center. She then retired in 1986.

Eleanor loved life and had a deep devotion to her family, her Savior, Jesus Christ and loyalty to her beloved country. She had godly parents who taught by example of the Golden Rule. Her father admonished to “Always leave the woodpile a little higher then you found it,” which she tried to follow throughout her life. She became a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1985. She was also a member of the Harrisonville VFW Post 4409.

Eleanor was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters. She is survived by one daughter, Nancy Shelton (Bill), Harrisonville, Missouri; two sons, James Stollfus (Peggy), Mt. Vernon, Missouri and Brian Stollfus, Springfield, Missouri; one sister, Bonnie Homes, Mora, Minnesota; 5 grandchildren, Isac, Kyle and Naomi Shelton and Michael and Garrett Stollfus; and 4 great-grandchildren, Ella, Isabelle and Alexa Shelton and Logan Stollfus.
“Eleanor was and always will be in a League of Her Own!”

BENEFIT DINNER FOR SHERRY WIDNER

 A benefit dinner and auction to benefit Sherry Widner was held Saturday, October 19th at the Adrian Optimist Building in Adrian, MO to raise funds.  Sherry Widner is known in the community as "Miss Sherry" and was a former Butler Elementary Pre-School teacher.  This benefit for "Miss Sherry" was a huge success raising over $8,000 dollars.  The sponsors of the fundraiser would like to thank everyone who donated items, gave a free will offering, and attended this event.  The sponsors would also like to thank those who donated their time to make this benefit a success and to everyone who offered prayers.