Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Obituary - Susan Krouch
Susan was born September 23, 1939, as the Great depression was ending, and the sparks were beginning to start the flames of World War II. Susie was born to middle aged parents Donald N. Van Arsdale and Virginia Van Arsdale (Robinson). She was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She had two brothers Charles, 15 and James, 13 at the time when she was born.
Susie was raised where the family resided in Beatrice, Nebraska. She was baptized at the family church, Christ Church Episcopal, in Beatrice on March 23, 1940. When she was six years old, her father bought a farm, “Breadtray”, near Lampe, Missouri on the White River and the family later moved to Springfield, Missouri. Both brothers had left home by that time and were serving in the military during WWII. Susie and her friends enjoyed many summers and vacations at Breadtray where the White River became Table Rock Lake. Over the past 50 plus years there has been many family trips to that area that always included a reminiscing drive to Breadtray.
Susie attended Rountree Grade School, Jarrett Middle School and Central High School in Springfield. She graduated from Park View High School in Springfield, Missouri in 1957. She was a member of the first graduating High School class from Parkview. She always enjoyed attending the High School Class Reunions over the past years.
Following High School, Susie attended Gulf Park College for Women in Gulfport, Mississippi. The college sponsored a European Touring Trip and Susie and her mother traveled through Holland, France, Germany and Italy in a VW Motor van with other students, her teacher and guide. Susie also traveled to Yellowstone National Park for two summers of 1959 and 1960 where she worked as a “Hash Hussie” at Mammoth Lodge in Yellowstone. She talked about that adventure numerous times over the years.
She then attended College at Missouri University in Columbia, Missouri. She became a Chi Omega sister and graduated with an undergraduate degree in education. She then traveled west towards Denver, Colorado with a friend to start her teaching career.
Susie taught at a school in the Denver suburbs for two years. Her roommate set her up on a blind date to the Denver Stock Show with her eventual husband, James “Jim” W Krouch. She was impressed with his knowledge of the stockyard. Many weekends were spent on the road to Cheyenne, WY to visit Jim and his family and they eventually became engaged.
Susie and Jim were married in Evergreen, Colorado on August 21, 1965. They were married for 52 years before Jim’s unexpected passing in March of 2017. Susie taught 5th grade for the Laramie County School District in Cheyenne, WY for several years but retired from teaching when they had children. They had 2 children Kevin James Krouch and Kathleen Grace Evans (Krouch).
Susie spent many years involved in many different activities over the years. She belonged to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church for many years. She managed the St. Mark’s Clothes Hanger, served on the Altar Guild and ECW. Susie and Jim later converted to Catholicism and attended St. Mary’s Cathedral in Cheyenne, Wyoming starting in 2006.
Susie was a 39-year Member of PEO. She joined PEO Chapter S of Cheyenne, WY and later became a member of PEO Chapter DW of Nevada, Missouri when she relocated. She served every position of PEO except Treasurer. Susie belonged to the Cheyenne Women’s Civic League and enjoyed making things for their yearly Christmas House. She was also famous for her bakery foods and won many blue ribbons at the county fair for her baked breads. She was a lap swimmer who went and swam every morning before dawn at the Cheyenne Municipal Pool. She became part of the “pool pals” group who had spent time swimming together every morning for over 20 years. She also spent time volunteering with Jim as a pink lady at the Cheyenne Regional Hospital gift shop and front desk.
Susie and Jim spent their retired years traveling together with an RV across the country. They traveled to see friends and family in Missouri, Arizona, New Mexico, Illinois, and traveled as far as Oregon with the many adventures. They spent lots of time with their son Kevin in the Saratoga area in the Rocky Mountains camping. Susie moved to Nevada, Missouri in November of 2018 to live closer to her daughter Katie and her grandchildren and great grandchild. She attended St Mary’s Catholic Church and attended Alter Guild meetings. She had wonderful neighbors in her new Stonegate community.
Susie was preceded by death by her loving husband James Krouch, grandson Brandan Evans, brother Charles Van Arsdale, parents Donald and Virginia Van Arsdale. Susie is survived by her two Children: son Kevin J. Krouch, Cheyenne, Wy, and daughter Kathleen G Evans, Nevada, MO. Her three grandchildren Christopher A Evans, Kansas City, MO, Bradley A Evans, who is serving in the US Air Force, Oahu, HI, and David A Evans, Nevada, MO. Great Grandson Jace L. Gray-Evans of Nevada, MO. She is also survived by her brother James Van Arsdale of Grayslake, IL, niece Janet Van Arsdale of Highwood, IL, Niece Elizabeth Van Arsdale of Highwood, IL, Nephew Hugh Van Arsdale of Grayslake, IL, and nephew Donald Van Arsdale and Mary Van Arsdale of Maggie Valley, NC and 2 great nieces Karen Van Arsdale of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Renee Van Arsdale, of Seattle, WA.
An Ecumenical Service for the deceased will be held on Wednesday, October 27th at 6:00 p.m. at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, MO with visitation following from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. A funeral Liturgy will be celebrated on Saturday, November 13, 2021, at 10:30 am at Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Cheyenne, WY with an inurnment service to follow at the St. Mary’s Columbarium. A light lunch will be served following the inurnment for family and close friends. Cremation is under the care of Ferry Funeral home, Nevada, Missouri.
Condolences may be offered to the family on-line at ferryfuneralhome.com. You may send flowers, or in lieu of sending flowers donations may be sent in Susie’s honor to: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 330 N Main, Nevada, MO 64772 or to Cathedral of St. Mary, 2107 Capital Ave, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.
Obituary - Keith Eric Kunkelman
Keith was born July 1, 1960 in Kansas City, MO, a son of Larry and Barbara (Scott) Kunkelman. He graduated from Raytown High School. In 1979, he married Jeanne Kilbane. To this union were born two daughters, Linda and Erica. Keith was a retired U.S. Navy Veteran. He had worked at Quintiles in Olathe, KS. Keith was very active in the Wounded Warriors Project.
Keith was preceded in death by his father, Larry Kunkelman, his mother, Barbara Scott, his grandmother, Blanche " G.G." Kunkelman, an infant sister who died at birth, Beverly Jean, sister-in-law, Debbie Kunkelman, two brothers-in-law, Danny Kilbane and Tim Kilbane, and a nephew, Joshua Kunkelman. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Kunkelman; his step-mother, Bonnie Kunkelman; two daughters, Linda Pearson (Skip) and Erica Rathbone (Chris); five grandchildren, Breanna Pearson, Garrett Pearson, Elizebeth Balance, Autumn Rathbone, and Zoie Rathbone; siblings: Floyd Kunkelman, Kevin Kunkelman (dad’s identical twin), Lynn Elsloo (Randy), Jason Kunkelman, Amy Kunkelman; brother-in-law, Robin Kilbane; 12 nephews and nieces, Alan, Jonathan (Tori), Megan, Alyssa, Tyler, Joshua, Marley, Jessica (Curtis), Lauren (Brandon), Cameron, Bradley, and Nikki, and 14 great-nephews and nieces.
Bates County Real Estate Transfers and Marriage Licenses
Ward, Robin to Ball, Lyle M Str 22-40-31 //Sw
Base, Steven L. to Base, Loren K. Bl 36 Sperrys Addn
Sargent, Lance to Shaffer, Jeremy L Str 22-40-31 //Ne
Thornton, Melody to Deems, John Dillon Lt 1 Bl 8 Gilbert Heights+
Scheilz, Stanley Ray Sr. to Mce Squared, Llc Str 22-40-31 //Se
Mclain, Neil D to Mclain, Richard Lt 36 Lynwood Estate
Alkire, David L to O’niell, Patrick Str 25-42-32 //Sw
Ewing, Peggy L. to Lenz, Logan Str 22-40-31 //Sw
Carrell, Wanda J. to Rank, Steven Str 15-40-31 //Se
Smalley, Larry Gene to Van Voorst Enterprises, Llc Lt 1 Bl 6 Thompsons Addn
Martin, Linda F to Beisly, Connie Lt 4 Lynwood Estate
Beachner, Gayle J. (Trustee) to Stevens, Jason Str 12-41-30 //Nw
Light, Donald L. to Cella, Paul J. Str 20-42-29 //Nw
Pendergrass, Debra to Bartling, Nyle Str 12-41-32 //Ne
Morse, David A. to Jones, William K. Str 21-40-31 //Ne
Wilson, Lisa R to Haskins, Paul J Jr Lt 115 Adrian, Original Town Of+
Simons, Audra Carleen to Wright, R Todd Str 5-40-32 //Ne
Biggs, Sharron L to Biggs, Edward L Lt 11 Bl 2 Atkison Park Addn P3/10+
Tabor, Ronald D to Tabor, Ronald D Lt 10 Bl 39 Rich Hill, Original Town Of+
Askew, Cody Ray to Askew, Cody Ray Str 17-42-29 //Sw
Yunger, Piper R. (Trustee) to Thompson, William J Lt 2 Bl 10 Butler, Original Town Of
Lowe, Sandra K. (Trustee) to Shadfar, Siavash Trust 04-28-2014 Str 19-42-33
Lowe, James E. (Trustee) to Shadfar, Siavash Trust 04-28-2014 Str 19-42-33
Csm Foreclosure Trustee Corp to Bank Of New York Mellon The (Suc Trustee) Lt 10 Bl 18 Amoret, Original Town Of+
Porter, Nicolas B. (Trustee) to Citizens Bank Of Amsterdam Lt 4 Bl 6 Reese’s Addn+
Morris, Lurenda L. (Trustee) to Lockard, Alan Lt 2 Bl 24 Butler, Original Town Of
Roberts, Lynnda M. (Trustee) to Umstattd, Kevin (TRUSTEE) STR 30-41-29
Marriage License
Fischer, Hagen Lowell and Ryan, Brooklyn Nicole
Hubbard, Kenneth Wayne and Lewis, Shanna May
Smith, Joshua Lee and Baumann, Lacey Amanda
Ghai, Kartik and Brooks, Jessica Renee
Ragan, Michael Tyler and Bailey, Mary Virginia
Pilot Numbers Decline in Stats
The strong winds blowing a couple of thousand feet overhead last weekend spelled trouble for pilots. The Kansas City terminal forecast for Saturday night showed 45-knot (52 mph) winds from the southwest at 2000 feet above the ground; it was right on the money. Fortunately, the ground winds were only about half that.
Seen in the airport area last week were a pair of Cessna Skylanes, a Piper Cherokee and a Cirrus SR-20. Mike Golden was down from New Century in his Cessna Turbo Centurion. Out of the local hangars, Brandt Hall had his Lark Commander up, Roy and Vicky Conley flew their Grumman Tr2, I made a photo run in the Cessna Skyhawk, and Lance Dirks and Jeffery Adams polished their skills in Cessna 150 flights. The SkyDive KC King Air made several jump runs when the winds allowed. Orvine and I took the Cessna 172 over to St. Louis Saturday, logging 1:40 elapsed time on the way over, 2:10 on the way back.
In St. Louis, I ran into a gentleman who owns a restored Aeronca L-16, like the one the Butler Civil Air Patrol squadron had here in the early 1960s. His is outfitted with some of the L-16B features like an enlarged tail fin and a supplemental wing fuel tank that can replenish the 13 gallon nose tank. He’s had it to the Oshkosh airshow several times, which is an all-day journey at 80 mph. His pristine bird puts to shame our old Champ that Christian Tucker and I were flying Thursday evening.
One of the on-line newsletters last week had a segment about aviation statistics from the last 20 years that was rather interesting. Safety numbers are much improved, flight activity is trending up after a dip for the Covid crisis last year, and the average age of the piston-engine fleet is now about 40 years. The most interesting factoid was the decline in Private pilot numbers; there are now actually more Airline Transport pilots than privates. That will be changing, as student starts are up and the ATP is now a lot harder to get than it was 20 years ago.
Going through an ancient box of 35mm slides, I recently came across some photos of the old Flight Service Station, which stood where the memorial park is now located, beside the south drive. There are only a few other buildings in the background, as development had yet to take off 60 years ago. Surprisingly, the color in the old slides has held up pretty well; makes you wonder if the digital prints of today will still be as bright six decades from now.
Last week’s brain-teaser question wanted to know the meaning of the “GR” abbreviation in terminal weather reports displayed on the computerized weather readouts. It stands for “grauple”, what we used to call sleet, for frozen ice droplets falling from cold cumulus clouds. It’s a French term, foisted upon us by the globalists who think we need to adopt International references for FAA use. Now, for next week, tell us why the BBC introduced its newscasts with a dit-dit-dit-dah tone during World War 2. You can send your answer to kochhaus1@gmail.com.
The Museum Minute: Adrian Could Use Some Paint
Courtesy of the Bates County Museum 802 Elks Drive, Butler Mo 64730 (660) 679-0134
Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of October 13
1898 The Crescent Hill Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star is organized, Mrs India Hoover, worthy matron, Adrian.
1904 Mrs Greathouse goes ‘Carrie Nation’ again, smashing a Rockville saloons windows, then her meek husband follows her home.
1905 The editor of the Adrian Journal newspaper, J.E. Dowell, prints “The paint brush could be used to advantage on many buildings around Adrian and the investment would be a paying one, besides making Adrian more attractive”.
1917 The Peoples Bank calf club is treated to dinner at the Ohio Street Methodist Church then 109 Holstein heifers are given to the boys & girls of the club.
1935 In Bates County during last night’s storm reported are: several stacks of hay, 10 barns or sheds, and 11 dead of livestock all struck by lightning.
1938 The Hentschel Construction Company of Springfield begins work on Butler’s new elementary school on the site of the old school which was torn down this Summer. Ohio and High streets.
1938 The young folks of the Ballard community give newlyweds Mr. & Mrs. Max Greer a charivari. The old folks were going to, too, but the hour was late when the Greer’s were finally cornered, and the old folks were sleepy.
1950 The J. C. Penney store, in Butler announces the grand reopening of their remodeled store, East end of the North side of the square.
1965 A meeting is held at the Citizens Bank of Amsterdam and Amsterdam Public Water District #11 is organized. Directors are E.J. Evens, Larry Shannon, John Ephland, Duane Walley, Harvey Addleman and James Curnutte- clerk.
1967 Edgar Lee Robertson, Secretary of the Bates County Historical Society, gives a talk on several historical events in Bates County’s past.
City Set to Deal With Unsafe Property
Guest Tobi Markham approached the council with suggestions to provide more things for kids and parents to do, including a dog run/park and a splash pad at the park or the city lake. She also expressed concerns that raising water rates will greatly affect low income residents and wanted to know if there was a better way to warn residents when electricity will be shut off for any reason. The council promised to take her suggestions into consideration and will discuss more in upcoming sessions.
Following a councilmember suggestion, and then by unanimous vote it was decided to not charge late fees to those paying utility bills due to an anticipated slowdown of the US Postal service that was announced earlier this month. While the late fees are forgiven, bills are still due byOctober 20th to avoid disconnection.
Two bills became ordinances- one regarding work at the airport that required rewording to satisfy MoDot; the other was an update to a city ordinance regarding disciplinary procedures and appeals of disciplinary actions. In short, that update now mirrors state law.
Police Chief Jarret Wheatly reported that issues with the dispatch radio console are becoming critical. The unit allows the Butler police department to not only dispatch Butler police, but also several local fire departments. Lately it has rendered itself inoperable at times which is unacceptable in terms of safety. It’s a complicated piece of equipment, the current unit is old, and the replacement price quoted several years back was close to $70,000. The council asked Wheatly to get current bids and report back at the next meeting.
City clerk Corey Snead reported that while the city currently gets local bank bids for the city every two years, he suggested moving that to four years as it is a complicated process that is quite time consuming and there is no real savings benefit using the two year window. At any rate, bids will be submitted by local banks over the next few weeks.
The new playground equipment is finally being installed at Sunset Park. While the equipment was donated several years back, there were various delays that kept the project from being done and everything should be completed by the end of the month. It was also noted that the remodel work at city hall is nearly complete; unfortunately at the time of this writing, city hall is closed due to covid concerns for the foreseeable future.
Concerns about the condition of a house in the 300 block of West Pine street were discussed at length. There is one occupant living in the home that has a large hole in the roof, no utilities and raw sewage in the yard. While the city is sympathetic to the person living there, it appears action will need to be taken to condemn the property.
Again discussed was safe passage for bicyclists and pedestrians traveling on Fort Scott street under the railroad overpass. While the city is at an impasse with the railroad on bettering the situation, it was suggested that better lighting on each side of the overpass could help especially during the morning and evening. Cost for doing such will be assessed and discussed at the upcoming meeting.
The city is planning another town hall meeting on October 21, 6:00 pm at Happy Hill Church. Topics to be discussed will include the American Rescue Plan Act as the city will receive $800,000.00; water rate increase; street projects and airport projects. The public is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to attend as the town hall meeting is an informal event where the public can voice concerns and ideas openly to the council.
The Butler city council meets regularly at 7 pm on the first and third Tuesdays at city hall and the public is highly encouraged to attend.
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Obituary - Jane B. Tolley
She is survived by three sons, James Tolley, Joe Tolley and wife Nikki, John Tolley and wife Maria; two daughters, Nancylee Stewart Pugh and husband Cary, Deborah Bowles and husband Corbin; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a sisters, Carolyn Richardson; other relatives and many friends.
Cremation. Inurnment will take place at a later date with her husband at the Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California.
Family suggests memorial contributions may be made to the Amedisys Foundation through Amedisys Hospice, 3854 American Way, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 or mailed to Dickey Funeral Home, P.O. Box 432, Harrisonville, MO 64701.
A complete obituary will be posted when it becomes available.
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