Obituary - Howard Fleischer

Howard Fleischer, 80 of Butler, Missouri passed away December 31, 2017 at his home in Butler. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Mullinax Funeral Home (660-679-0009) in Butler.


Private family burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Community Food Pantry in Butler. Messages and memories for the family may be left at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

Howard was born September 27, 1937 near Prairie City, Missouri, son of Albert Henry and Lena Marie (Ramsey) Fleischer. He attended school in Prairie City and worked on his family’s farm and later in carpentry with the Linard brothers in Butler.

Howard was united in marriage to Graca Fern Berry on June 3, 1960 at the First Baptist Church in Butler. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1960-62 at Ft. Benning, Georgia. After his service, Howard returned to Butler and worked at Food Town for approximately 20 years through its change of ownership to Price Chopper. He later worked at the Butler Country Club as a groundskeeper, and then finished his career at Thorco in Butler, retiring at the age of 68.

Howard will particularly be remembered for his ability to fix things – in what family and friends lovingly called “Howard’s Fix-It Shop,” he repaired lamps, vacuum cleaners, tools, sharpened lawnmower blades, and completed other repairs for family and friends. He created a great many items for his family to include casserole holders, shelves, and even a bassinet for his grandsons, whom he greatly enjoyed spending time with. Howard took great pride in his home and maintaining his lawn.

Howard was preceded in death by his parents as well as his sisters Anna Nadine (Fleischer) Allison, Wilma Jean (Fleischer) Bledsoe, and Gayla (Fleischer) Link. He is survived by his wife Graca of the home; daughters Gayle Fleischer of Butler, Vicky (Fleischer) Cameron and husband Dale of Archie, and Judy (Fleischer) Moore of Kansas City, Missouri; and two grandsons, Kyle and Kevin Cameron of Archie.

From the Adrian Fire Department

As 2017 comes to a close and we begin to look forward to 2018, your Adrian Volunteer Fire Fighters cannot go without saying Thank You to everyone for their continued support of the local fire department. 

Several pieces of equipment have been purchased throughout the year and many of those items were purchased from your additional donations. 

We want to let each person and organization know that we are very grateful for everything they have provided, however we don't want to accidentally leave anyone out so we won't try and list them all.  

Our Mayor, City Council Members, and Rural Board of Directors do a great job in supporting our request for equipment purchases along with many other things that are required to keep the fire department in operation, "and there are many". We could not provide the services that we do if it weren't for their support as well.  Thanks to all of you!

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy New Year. 

Sincerely,

Your Adrian Fire Fighters

From the Bates County Sheriff's Office

From the Archie Police Department

There has been a couple of incidents where someone has attempted to steal a vehicle over the past few days, although unsuccessful there was damage to the vehicles. 

Please make sure your vehicles are locked up and if you see a suspicious vehicle in your neighborhood, please call 911 so we can get an Officer in the area. 

We will have extra patrols out in the neighborhoods in an attempt to combat this issue.

Obituary - James Milton Earll

James Milton Earll, 81 Nevada passed away December 31, 2017 in Nevada. 

Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday in the Ferry Funeral Home Chapel. 

Visitation will be 11:30 until services time.

Obituary - Rev. Jim Dillow

Rev. Jim Dillow, 70, of Ft. Scott, and former Pastor of the Parsons Church of the Nazarene, went to be with his Lord and Savior at 1:05 a.m., Saturday, December 30, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. 

He was born August 25, 1947 at Chanute, Kansas to Harold and Irene (Moore) Dillow. He grew up and attended schools in Chanute and graduated from Chanute High School in 1965. 

Following high school, Jim attended Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma where he graduated in 1970. 

Jim was united in marriage to Susan J. Fox on May 31, 1969. Following marriage, a life of ministry began. From 1969 to 1972, he first served as an associate pastor at the Church of the Nazarene in Carnegie, Oklahoma. In 1972, Jim and Susan moved to Independence, Kansas where he served as associate pastor from 1972 to 1974. They then moved to Bel Aire, Kansas where he served as pastor from 1974 to 1976 and then from 1976 to 1980 at the Church of the Nazarene in Iola, Kansas. In 1980, Jim and Susan moved to Topeka, Kansas where he served as pastor of the Oakland Church of the Nazarene until 1988. In 1988, Pastor Jim, Susan and their sons, Jeff and Tim moved to Parsons where he served as pastor from 1988 until 2000. In 2000, he became the District Superintendent of the Joplin District Church of the Nazarene and served in that capacity until his retirement in 2013. Following his retirement, Jim served as interim pastor for various churches in the Joplin District. He was currently serving as interim pastor at his former church in Parsons and preached his last sermon there on Christmas Eve. Over the years, Jim had also been an active supporter of the MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe and had served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the university from 1996 until 2013. On May 4, 2008, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from MidAmerica Nazarene University. 

Jim was an avid ball-point pen collector and had thousands that he had collected over the years. He loved fishing and spending time with his family, especially his six grandchildren. Jim was very musical and enjoyed listening to music of all kinds. Most recently, Pastor Jim and Susan had moved to Ft. Scott where they were currently members of the Ft. Scott Church of the Nazarene. 

Jim is survived by his devoted wife of 48 years, Susan; two sons, Jeff Dillow and his wife, Moriah, of Ft. Scott, Kansas and Tim Dillow and his wife, Danae, of Troy, Missouri; six grandchildren, Camden, Lane, Keegan, Kinley, Jace and Ava; one brother, Ernie Dillow and his wife, Judy, of Chanute, Kansas; as well as one sister, Shirley Showalter and her husband, Butch, of Chanute, Kansas. 

Funeral services for Pastor Jim will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at the Parsons Church of the Nazarene. Burial will follow at Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Parsons. The family will receive friends from 6-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at the church. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene/TFO. These may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, 405 Main St., P.O. Box 374, Parsons, KS 67357.

Creighton man arrested in Henry County

On 12/31/17 around 1:02am the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Henry County arrested 43 year old Kenneth G. Sevy of Creighton, Missouri.

Mr. Sevy was arrested for 1.) Driving While Intoxicated - Chronic Offender 2.) Leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident 3.)Careless and Imprudent Driving 4.)Unlawful use of drug paraphernalia.

He was booked into the Henry County Jail in Clinton, Missouri and placed on a no bond.

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Disclaimer: Arrest records are public information. Any indication of an arrest does not mean the individual identified has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Ft. Scott man arrested in Barton County

At around 4:30 p.m. on December 30th 2017 a Missouri Department of Conservation agent made contact with a group of individuals at the Shawnee Trail conservation area in Barton County. 

A hunter in the area had called the local conservation agent about a group of people acting suspicious in the conservation area. This area is approximately 5 miles south of Mindenmines on SW 160th lane. When the agent arrived on the scene he contacted three subjects in the area. After a routine check of those individuals he concluded that contact. 

The agent then drove further into the Conservation Area and located two other people that appeared to be hiding from the law enforcement agent. The conservation agent attempted to make contact with the two male subjects however one male subject fled into the woods. A second subject was taken into custody by the conservation agent. Numerous other law enforcement agencies responded to assist the conservation agent in trying to find the subject that fled. 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol, Barton County Sheriff’s Office, and Lamar Police Department responded to the area. Lamar police officer Toby Luce responded with his K-9 Hondo and they attempted a track to locate the subject that fled on foot. After searching for the subject for approximately an hour and a half in very cold weather and difficult terrain the search for the subject concluded. During a search of the area a car was found conealed in a manner that it was drove up in a brushy area of shawnee trail and covered with brush. A camp site was also set up close to the vehicle. 

The subject that was arrested was a Ronald Reninger, age 29, of Fort Scott. Reninger had an active warrant out of Vernon County for stealing and was transported to the county line and picked up by a Vernon County Deputy.