Obituary - Richard Butts

Richard Butts, age 84, of Kansas City Missouri passed away peacefully at NorthCare Hospice House with family by his side on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Born on June 4, 1935 in LaCgyne KS the youngest son of the late Earnest Butts and Fadelma Conley Butts. Since Fadelma passed away when Richard was a young child he was raised by the late Nancy Mom Williams.

In 1954, Richard married the love of his life Ellen Mae Hayes and to this union two beautiful children were born each uniquely special to him.

He worked for Automatic Sprinkler Corp. for over 40 years, working his way up from a designer to Regional Manager. He went where his job took him relocating to Milwaukee, Minnesota, Green Bay, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota. After the young family moved again and again, they finally landed in Kansas City, Missouri in about 1966.

Before retiring to his farm in Cameron, MO, he did some consultant work. After retirement Richard realized a lifelong dream of returning to the farm to live in the home he designed and had built on his 248 acre farm in Cameron, Missouri. When health issues become a challenge, Richard together with Ellen moved into McCrite Plaza at Briarcliff, Kansas City, Missouri over Christmas 2019.

Richard was a member of the North Kansas City Businessmen's Breakfast Club. He was passionate about gardening and tending his fruit trees prompting Ellen to nickname him Farmer Butts. A true outdoors man, fishing and hunting and training his bird dogs were favorite hobbies. To know Richard was to love him, he was a great judge of character and to be invited to hunt or fish with him was an honor. He was a wonderful neighbor, sharing his homegrown produce with any who wanted it and could be described as kind and thoughtful. Family and close friends knew he would always be available when needed.

In addition to his parents, Richard was preceded in death by mother Nancy Mom Williams, 4 sisters and a granddaughter, Heather Thompson.

Richard is survived by Ellen Mae (Hayes) wife for over 66 years. He was the loving father of Jerrald (Debbie) Butts of Liberty MO and Kathy (Tom) James of Kansas City MO. Proud Grandfather of Laura James, Phaedra Bier, Kristina Salisbury, Jerr Butts, and MacKenzee Butts. And honored great grandfather to six, Ella, Dane, Anya, Caedmon, Aaron, and Ian. He will be fondly remembered by several cousins, nieces and nephew and a host of friends.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Schneider Funeral Home, Pleasanton, Kansas. Graveside service will be held at 2pm Sunday, February 9, 2020 at the Brooklyn Cemetery, LaCygne, Kansas. Visitation will be held from 1pm to 1:30 pm at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. The family suggests contributions to NorthCare Hospice House in lieu of flowers.

Obituary - Scarlette Marie Freed

Infant Scarlette Marie Freed, was still born Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at the St. Luke’s Hospital in Lee’s Summit.

Scarlette is survived by her parents Joshua Scott Freed and Tristin Alli Davis, both of Pleasant Hill; paternal grandparents Scott and Angela Freed of Raytown; maternal grandparents, Robert and Barbara Davis of Pleasant Hill; paternal great grandmother, Linda Oram, of Kansas; maternal great grandfather, H.A. Todd of Pleasant Hill, and Robert and Kandy Davis of Savannah; several aunts and uncles; and other relatives.

Cremation has been accorded. No services are scheduled.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.stanleydickeyfuneralhome.com

Arrangements: Stanley-Dickey Funeral Home, 203 N. Armstrong St., Pleasant Hill, Missouri 64080 (816) 540-5550

Miami Courtwarming 2020 King and Queen Candidates!

HHS ready for Spirit week

Courtwarming activities will take place at Harrisonville High School this week.  The theme for this year is "Road Trip" and activities will include a spirit week, pep rally, and coronation.

 

Candidates for king and queen are pictured and include FRONT ROW: Ali Knox, Presley Reynolds, Elle Parker, Natalie Gibbs, Emma Wernex, and Ireland Slover. BACK ROW: Dalton Shrock, Keigan Rowe, Austen Cesonis, Brodie Rogers, Braydon Tarwater, and Evan Filer. The King and Queen will be crowned at the basketball game on Feb. 14. The Wildcat boys’ basketball teams will be playing Excelsior Springs with JV at 5:30 p.m. and varsity boys to follow.  

The coronation, as well as the HHS Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame induction, will take place between the games at approximately 6:30 p.m.

HHS will host the annual shopping cart parade and pep rally on Friday morning beginning at 8 a.m.

Spirit days at HHS will be as follows: Monday- Vsco girls vs. E-boys (Taking the nation by storm); Tuesday- LA (Influencer attire) (15 seconds of fame); Wednesday- Florida (Beach attire) (Surfs up); Thursday- NYC (Preppy attire) (Dressed to impress); and Friday- Hometown (Wildcat attire) (There's no place like home).

Mark your calendar

Speaking of winners...

Congratulations to Sydney Patterson, Baylee Hudson, and Shyla Register for advancing to finals at the Cole Camp Speech Tournament. Shyla Register placed 5th in Radio and 4th in International Extemp; Baylee placed 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation; and Sydney Patterson placed 2nd in Prose.

Not much warm up today

Happy Saturday! Today is National Kite Flying Day but it may be a little cool for that sort of thing (although normal for Feb 8) also the winds may be a little too light this morning. So, we'd tell you to go fly a kite but frankly, that sounds kind of rude!😂 #WhyIsThisInFebruary

It’s trivia time!

The 2nd annual Bates County Extension Council Trivia Night is just a little over a month away on March 7. This trophy will go home with the winning trivia team. So enter a team, be a sponsor for the evening, donate something for the Silent Auction, or do all three!  The money raised will go toward helping pay the costs of the 4-H Youth Program Associate position in Bates County. #BatesCo4H