Minor accident in Butler

The Butler Police Department is on scene of a minor motor vehicle accident at the corner of Pine and Orange Street in Butler at this time.

Please slow down and use caution if you must travel in this area! 

Obituary - Randall Wayne Daugherty

Randall Wayne Daugherty, 64, of Lowry City, Missouri passed away Friday, December 10, 2021 at his home. He was born January 2, 1957 in Clinton, Mo., the son of Norman Eugene Daugherty and Mary Icea (Hibbs) Daugherty.

Randy was a long time machinist. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and socializing with friends over adult beverages. He loved his family. Surviving are two daughters, Heather Daugherty, Clinton, Mo., and Chelsey Reid (Bert), Clinton, Mo.; six grandchildren, Shyler Reid, Shadyn Reid, Shayli Reid, Jadyn Reid, Lainey Reid and Rylee Reid; two great-grandchildren, Zander Reid and Brynlee Reid; two brothers, Michael Daugherty (Wendy), Windsor, Mo., and Rick Daugherty (Pam), Osceola, Mo.; one sister, Becky Etters (Bill), Odessa, Mo.; mother of his daughters, Katie Daugherty; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Jeff Daugherty. Graveside services and burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at the Vansant Road Cemetery, Clinton. The family will receive friends from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the Bradley & Hadley Funeral Home, Clinton. Condolences may be left online at www.bradleyhadley.com.

Dangerous Wind On Wednesday

In case you haven't heard, windy conditions are expected on Wednesday. A high wind warning has been issued for eastern Kansas & northwest Missouri, where wind gusts up to 65 mph are expected. The strongest winds are expected late Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening.

Obituary - Cameron Michael Callahan

Cameron Michael Callahan, age 4 months, passed away suddenly, Tuesday, December 7, 2021, in Sedalia, Missouri. He was born in Clinton, Missouri on August 6, 2021, the son of Christopher P. and Shannon L. Nigh Callahan.

Cameron is survived by his parents, Chris and Shannon Callahan, and two sisters, Maci and Jayli of Warsaw, Missouri, Paternal grandparents, Pat and Tracie Callahan, of Warsaw, Maternal grandparents, Michael and Dana Nigh, of Albany, Missouri, Aunt Kirsten and Uncle Matt Stolle, of North Dakota, Uncle Corey and Aunt Melissa Callahan, of Warsaw, Aunt Brandi and Uncle Dameon Ellis, of Albany, Uncle Harley and Aunt Jordan Nigh, of Red Oak, Iowa, Great-Grandmother Charlotte Nigh, several cousins and other relatives.

A Celebration of Life for Cameron will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, December 17, 2021, at the Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Warsaw with Pastor Barry Edwards, officiating. Memorial donations in memory of Cameron may be made to Cedar Grove Baptist Church in care of Reser Funeral Home, Warsaw. All donations will be used for a children’s ministry in the area.

Obituary - Joe R. Hackler

Joe R. Hackler, 88, of Archie, Missouri was restored to health, after his 9-year battle with Parkinson’s, when he was called home to Heaven on December 10, 2021. 

Funeral services will be Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 2:30 pm at Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, with family receiving friends beginning at 1:30 pm. Interment will follow in Crescent Hill Cemetery in Adrian, MO. Memorial donations may be made to the Archie United Methodist Church.

Joe was born August 1, 1933 to Thomas Franklin and Eva Pearl (Parkson) Hackler at their home in Everett in the big stone house. Joe attended eight years of grade school at the Steen School just down the road from his home. He graduated from Archie High School in May 1951. Joe married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Ann Bell, on December 8, 1951. They recently celebrated 70 years of marriage together. They were blessed with two daughters and many grandkids and great-grandkids.

Joe served in the United States Army from November 2, 1953 – 1955. Following his service, Joe and Barbara returned to Archie to make it their home. In 1958, Joe opened a Rock Quarry in partnership with Lyle Limpus, nine miles west of Archie, known as the Hackler and Limpus Quarries. After selling the Garden City Quarry in 1972, he fully devoted his time to farming and running a cow-calf operation. In his free time, Joe enjoyed the outdoors with a moose hunt in Canada and several deer hunting adventures in Colorado. After farm retirement, Joe enjoyed spending time golfing with his buddies or playing cards with them when the weather wasn’t nice.

Joe was a devoted Archie resident. He was a director for many years at the Archie State Bank. He served on the Archie School Board for 7 years as a board member and then President of the Board. Joe continued to volunteer many hours to the school later in life with the helping of the dirt work on the Archie Sports Complex. He was a member of the Archie United Methodist Church. He leaves behind a legacy of hard work and love for his family.

Joe was preceded in death by his parents; infant brother; and sister, Maxine Lethcho. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, of the home; his daughters: Melinda Hamilton (Harold) and Lori Hackler, all of Archie, MO; their families: Kristi and Chad Reynolds and their sons, Talan and Rylan; Matt and Megan Johnson and their children, Grace and Levi; Travis and Aryliss Hamilton and their children, Cole and Addy; Taylor and Amanda Flanery and their sons, Tristan and AJ; his sister, June Hess of Butler, MO; his brother, Bud Hackler, of Drexel, MO; and many nieces, nephews, and family friends.

Obituary - Timothy Allen Long

Timothy Allen Long was born on July 4, 1957, the third of seven children, to Glenn and Kathleen Long in Butler, Missouri and went to be with our Savior, Jesus Christ on December 8th, 2021, he was 64 years old. 

Tim, as he was known by to his family and friends, spent the majority of his life on the family farm in Collins, Missouri trying his hand at raising hogs and rabbits and later after his father passed away, he took over taking care of the cattle on the farm with his mother. In between raising and caring for the animals, Tim worked at the charcoal plant at Wheatland, Missouri as well as the Missouri Department of Transportation at Osceola and spent as much time as he could trapping and working at the fur house at Collins. 

He loved to fish, hunt and look for mushrooms every chance he got. In his later years in life he moved to Drexel, Missouri where he resided with his long-time companion Susan Elliott.

Tim is survived by two children, Jeremy Long and Jennifer Long and one grandson Alex Long all of Warsaw, Missouri, three brothers Kenny Long of El Dorado Springs, Missouri, Toby Long of Humansville, Missouri and Keith Long of Castle Rock, Washington and one sister Cindy Proctor of Ozark, Missouri as well as thirteen nieces and nephews.

Tim was preceded in death by his parents Glenn and Kathleen Long and two brothers Glenn Long III and David Long.

Visitation
Tuesday December 14, 2021
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel
Osceola, MO

Service
Tuesday December 14, 2021
11:00 AM
Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel
Osceola, Mo

Interment
Freeman-Holsapple
Collins, MO

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Obituary - Michael Verne Hamilton

Michael Verne Hamilton was born August 11th, 1946 in Wichita Kansas to Verne Mathison Hamilton and Edna Louise Hamilton (McCandless). Mike passed away at his home in Deepwater, Mo., on Thursday, December 9, 2021.

Mike was born in Wichita Kansas where he spent the majority of his childhood. From 1946-1962 he spent his days playing baseball, football and flying remote control airplanes in the Kansas sun. He also enjoyed playing in creeks and hunting with his father. His time with his father sparked a love for hunting and the outdoors. As he grew so did his love for hunting, fishing and all things outdoorsman. In his adult life, he spent many hours on guided trophy hunts and in bass boats and fishing competitions all across the nation that he loved so much. Professionally, Mike served his country contractually, working for The Boeing Company, of which he gave 40 plus years of devoted service. During his time employed at Boeing he was part of the MinuteMan II Program, a group of skilled and dedicated workers known as “The Minute Men” who crossed the nation enabling the National InterContinental Ballistic Missile Program. Known to each other as “The Boeing Gypsys” due to the nature of their travel, they were named the Minute Men in spirit of the civilian colonists who despite a lack of military enlistment stepped up in a time of national need to serve their country. While the Colonists were ready to rapidly deploy in response to threats of war, the minute men of Mike’s generation helped rapidly build and employ the MinuteMan II program helping the nation to win the cold war. This was his hardest and most favorite program that he worked. The Minute Men faced long physical hours and extreme temperatures. His longest workday was 36 hours straight, but he felt as though “it was the best team of men and women I had ever worked with in all of his time at Boeing”. Despite the challenges, he persevered and always accomplished the most difficult jobs. Ultimately, consistent with the spirit of the minute man, he saw his work as service to the nation and the men and women of the armed service. He was very proud to have helped protect our country with the product that he helped build. He also was in Alaska as a Welding inspector for Boeing, which was a construction branch of The Boeing Company. He enjoyed that job as well. He said he liked the experience of having, “All your food you could eat for free, three times a day and they would give you more if you could handle it.” He also prided himself on his standards and firm foundation of never playing politics or trying to falsely appease someone. He started at the bottom and worked his way up to managerial positions. Although he liked obtaining those positions he didn’t care for managing, simply being a hard worker and getting things done. He ultimately progressed to work on such programs as various Boeing commercial airplanes, the B-2 stealth bomber and AWAX program. Mike retired and moved from Washington State to Clinton, Mo., between 2016-2017. He enjoyed feeding and watching the birds in the early morning, working with his guns, improving his home and spending more time connecting to the nature that he loved and his family. Mike spent his last days still working hard but also taking the time to savor the beauty of well deserved retirement. Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Verne (Bus) Hamilton and Edna Louise. Surviving his passing are his son, Michael Brandon Hamilton and wife Ashley Hamiton with their 3 Children Chase Michael (11), Allison Reagan (8) and Hensley Belle (7) Hamilton all of McKinney, Texas. His daughter Sarah Lynne Burden and husband Aaron Burden with their 4 children Olivia Joy (11), Annabelle Grace (8), Madelynne Mae (6) and Tristan Garrett (5) all of Holden, Mo. Graveside services and interment will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at the Bethlehem Cemetery, Clinton, Mo. Arrangements are under the direction of the Bradley & Hadley Funeral Home, Clinton.