2021 WEMO All-Conference Archie Whirlwinds

2021 WEMO All-Conference

Archie Whirlwinds

Kaden Sutton, So., 1st Team, RB

Donovan Huser, Jr., 1st Team, WR/TE

Christian Ward, Sr., 1st Team, OL

Marco Benkler, Sr., 1st Team, K

Briar McIntire, So., 2nd Team, QB

Blake Trotter, Sr., 2nd Team, OL

Christian Ward, Sr., 1st Team, DL

Clay Morgan, Sr., 2nd Team, LB

Briar McIntire, So., 2nd Team, DB

2021 WEMO All-Conference Drexel Bobcats

2021 WEMO All-Conference 

Drexel Bobcats 

Jacob Coffey, Jr., 1st Team,  QB

Cory Cumpton, Sr., 1st Team, APB

Ethan Dayringer, So., 1st Team, WR/TE

Mike Munter, Jr., 1st Team, OL

Brayden Rhodes, Sr., 2nd Team, OL

Garrett Yager, Jr., 2nd Team, K

JoJo Mitchell, Jr., 1st Team, DL

Jacob Coffey,  Jr., 1st Team, LB

Mike Munter, Jr., 1st Team, LB

Cory Cumpton, Sr., 1st Team, DB

Peyton Popplewel, Jr., 2nd Team, DL

Obituary - Leonard Frank Fyock

Leonard Frank Fyock, age 92, formerly of Prescott, Kansas passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2021.

Funeral service will be 11 am Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be from 10 am to service time at the Chapel. Burial with military honors will be in the Prescott Cemetery.

Contributions are suggested to Evergreen Community Living, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, Kansas 66075. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.

Attention Butler Residents:

The Butler Police Department has taken numerous theft reports this last week around town. Storage sheds and vehicles seem to be the popular places to break into for local thieves.

Please lock your vehicle and take all valuables out of them also check your storage sheds frequently.

If you see anything suspicious or looks to be out of place contact the Butler Police Department at 660-679-6131.

Obituary - Edna Amos

Edna Amos, 75 of Nevada, Missouri passed away Saturday, November 13, 2021 at her home in Nevada, surrounded by loved ones. Graveside services will be held 1:00 pm Monday, November 22, 2021 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. 

A visitation will held Monday prior to the graveside from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm at Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

Edna Lucile Amos was born January 8, 1946 in Madera, California to Richard and Agnes Stubbs Amos. She spent part of her life living in Tennessee with her husband and sons before moving with her family to Butler, Missouri, where she spent her last years with her son Tim.

Edna enjoyed her morning coffee while doing word searches, she loved to sew, paint, and work on crafts. She also enjoyed a good game of Rummy with her son Keven.

There are many wonderful things that can be said about Edna. Most of all she was an amazing woman, beautiful inside and out, and always able to bring a smile to your face. She was stubborn, yet funny, and always told you like it was. Edna was a generous soul and gave so much to the people she loved. She loved her sons, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, they all meant the world to her.

Edna was preceded in death by her parents, husband James Elwood Ross, sons Timothy Eugene Ross, and Keith Owen Ross, along with a grandson, Anthony Scott Ross. She is survived by her son Keven James Ross, grandchildren, Timothy, Kristina, Dustin, Ethan, Killian, and Dylan, great-grandchildren, Anthony, Destiny, Abigail, Aubrianna, Jayden, Wyatt, Taylor, Oaklynn, Remington, Cerenity, and Brianna.

Obituary - Kasey Allen Dye

Kasey Allen Dye, age 30, a resident of Neligh, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, November 13, 2021, in Ft. Scott, Kansas where he had been working on a wind farm project. 

He was born February 21, 1991, in Urbana, Illinois, the son of Paul Edward Dye and Pamela Kay Adams. Kasey married Chelsy Grim on February 22, 2021, in Pierce, Nebraska. 

Kasey was an accomplished mechanic and had worked for several years for Malta Ready Mix where he helped construct wind turbines throughout the Midwest. He enjoyed spending time outdoors especially fishing, camping and riding four wheelers. He also loved to barbeque and spend time with his family and friends.

Survivors include his wife, Chelsy, of the home in Neligh, Nebraska; and his children, Owen and Whitley, Hudson, Austin, Riley, Cooper and Max, Also surviving are his parents, Pamela Paulding and Paul Dye (Mary), all of Illinois, brothers, Kevin Paulding, Andrew Dye, Gentury Swyear, Waylon Paulding, Jason Parks and Kevin Parks and sisters, Jessica Goberson, Val Paulding, Ashely Dye and Cheyanne Dye. He was preceded in death by his step-father, Kevin Paulding and a nephew, Clayton.

Following cremation, a celebration of life service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 3rd at the KC Hall, 115 S. Second St., Elgin, Nebraska. A time for food and fellowship will follow the service. Private burial will take place at a later date in Illinois. Arrangements in Kansas were handled by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott.

Obituary - Suzan Parks

Suzan Parks, 65 of Archie, Missouri passed away Friday, November 19, 2021 at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Missouri. 

Funeral services will be held 11:00 am Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). 

A visitation will be held prior to the service Tuesday from 10:00 to 11:00 am, also at the funeral home. 

Burial will follow in West Point Cemetery, Amsterdam, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriner’s Hospital. 

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com

A complete obituary is pending at this time.

Obituary - George Herbert Eaton

George Herbert Eaton, age 83, La Cygne, Kansas passed away Thursday, November 18, 2021.

Memorial service will be 4 pm Saturday, November 27, 2021 at the La Cygne Christian Church. Visitation will be from 3 pm to service time at the church.

Contributions are suggested to Wounded Warrior Project or the La Cygne Christian Church. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.