Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Obituary - Ronald D. Cauthon
Ronald "Ron" Dean Cauthon of Clinton passed away after a month long illness at age 53 on March 3. He will be remembered as a loving father, a loyal friend and the king of back roading. He was always the first to crank up the music and let the dust fly. Happiest when he had a beer in his hand and was surrounded by his family and friends, Ron could fill a room with his sense of humor. If you are wondering if you may have ever met him, you didn't — because you WOULD remember. His laugh was contagious and his personality was magnetic. He had a way of making the people he was with feel like the most important in the world.
Born March 11, 1966 to Les and Linda Cauthon, Ron was the second, and--per him--cutest, of two children. He spent his childhood terrorizing Clinton first on bicycles and later on dirt bikes with his brother and friends. Cars, music, parties and going to the lake afforded him the kind of adolescence we all wish we had. And with all of his antics and adventuring, we are really glad he survived to tell about it.
Growing up, he worked alongside his father, Les, and brother, Rick, at various family gas and service stations. Most recently, he managed and co-owned Les's Auto Center. After selling the business in 2009, Ron worked at Sears as a salesman.
He was preceded in death by his father, Les Cauthon.
He leaves behind his mother, Linda; three children: Sarah Smidt and husband, Dane, of Warrensburg, MO, Nic Cauthon and wife, Raegan, of Clinton, MO and Clayton Cauthon and wife, Abby, of Leeton, MO; brother, Rick Cauthon of Olathe, KS; and 5 grandchildren: Jessica, Jason and Jack of Warrensburg, MO; Ezra and Skyli of Warrensburg, MO.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri.
State Farm Athlete of the week Zack Wicks
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We are excited to award Zack Wicks with State Farm Student Athlete of the week. Zack is a senior and on the Butler wrestling team. He recently won 4th place at the Missouri State Wrestling Tournament. Zack was nominated by Butler’s athletic director Jake Duvall. Zack has had an amazing wrestling career at Butler and has participated in wrestling since he was a small child.
He also has maintained good grades and works hard in the classroom. He is going to college at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa in the fall and will be a member of their wrestling team. He hopes to major in physical education and become a wrestling coach. When we asked Zack what it takes to become an elite athlete he stated “first of all you have to be coachable.
You have to be ready to go at all times, even when it gets tough, don’t quit. You have to work hard and train hard and mentally be ready.” It was great to talk to Zack and we wish him the best of luck as he goes on to this next chapter!
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Condolences from the Butler Police Department
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| The Butler Police Department would like to offer condolences to the family of Jim Garnett. Chief Garnett retired from the Police Department in 2011 after 38 years of protecting and serving the City of Butler. Earlier this year we were able to celebrate with Jim, have some laughs, and reminisce. We are so grateful to have captured this moment with our 4 Chiefs, past and present. |
Obituary - Louise Hancock
Louise Hancock was born October 22, 1928 in Butler, Missouri to parents Burl and Eunice Brown Browning. She graduated from Appleton City High School in 1946. She attended Central Missouri State College at Warrensburg, Missouri. She taught all eight grades in a rural school for four years before marrying Arnold Hancock on April 22, 1948. They were blessed with three daughters, and Louise shared a close and personal relationship with each one of them
Louise worked part-time for the U.S. Census Bureau for 29 years. She lived in Butler, Mis-souri until they retired to the Lake of the Ozarks in 1987. She loved living at the lake. Louise was an avid crappie fisherman. She enjoyed having company and entertaining. Her love of cooking and baking was obvious. She was well known for her cinnamon rolls and her “world class apple pie.”
Arnold and Louise were Charter Members and helped build the Westlake Christian Church,
Disciples of Christ at Laurie, Missouri.
Louise was a gifted seamstress who loved to sew. She made all her daughters’ clothes while they were growing up, including wedding dresses.
In 1969, Arnold and Louise opened their home to Silvia Nemenz, an American Foreign Ex-change Student from Vienna, Austria. Silvia was extremely grateful for the year she spent in their home.
They wintered in Texas for 20 years and enjoyed their “Texas Family.”
Louise leaves behind to cherish her memories, her beloved three daughters, Brenda Dugan (Jim) of Mountain Home, AR., Sue Hancock (Norbert Kurle) of Independence, MO., and Ginger Moore (Terry) of
Ballard, MO. Four grandsons, Adam Cunningham (Kim), Alex Cunningham (Amy Weber), Ryan
Moore (Tiffany Kelly), Kevin Moore (Jamie), five great-grandchildren, Katharine Cunningham, Ka-leigh Cunningham, Mason Cunningham, Tyler Cunningham, and Ethan Moore, and a host of nieces, nephews, and close friends. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Louise was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 2018, and her siblings, John Browning, Mary Rush, and Betty Cooper.
St. Clair County Sheriff's Office News Release February 24 through March 3, 2020
St.Clair County Sheriff Scott Keeler reported deputies made six arrests and took three burglary reports during the week of Feb. 24 through March 3, 2020.
Click on link for more information. https://www.scsomo.org/press_view.php?id=913
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