Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Light snow possible: Wednesday Night-Thursday AM



Warmer today, and windy, before the cold returns tomorrow. Another shot of some light snow with minor accumulations of a dusting up to about 2 inches is possible Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

Don't be fooled, however. Even these minor accumulations will cause some headaches for the Thursday morning commute. In addition, cold temperatures and breezy winds will lead to dangerous wind chills Thursday morning.

Monday, January 3, 2022

Obituary - Pamela Jo Winters

Pamela Jo Winters, age 72, of Raymore, Missouri, passed away at home on Sunday, January 2, 2022.

A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 7, 2022 at Cullen Funeral Home, 612 W. Foxwood Dr. Raymore, Missouri 64083. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 p.m. following the visitation.

Pamela was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 24, 1949 to Courtney Winters and Jewell (Jones) Winters. In life, Pamela was blessed with four children. She was a woman of strong Christian faith, loving and knowing her Lord, Jesus Christ. Music was always close to Pamela’s heart as she loved listening to and singing country music as well as Christian hymns. Pamela also loved to travel and her favorite destination was Colorado.

Pamela was preceded in death by her parents, Courtney and Jewell Winters; and two brothers, Curtis and Steve Winters.

She is survived by her two sons, Joe Nixon and Chad Nixon; two daughters, Kari Boughan and Kasi Sedwick; and three grandchildren, Dalton Nixon, Jocelyn Sedwick, and Elora Sedwick.

Arrangements: Cullen Funeral Home, Raymore, Missouri 816.322.5278


Obituary - Richard Hart Carpenter

Richard Hart Carpenter, (known by many as Coach or Carp) of Nevada, MO passed away in Bentonville, Arkansas on December 29, 2021 after complications due to previous surgeries. 

Richard was born on February 4, 1949 to Harold L. Carpenter and Marjorie Hart Carpenter. Richard was named after his late grandfathers, Richard B. Carpenter and Ben H. Hart.

Richard is survived by his sister, Shirley Conley and children: Denise Marquardt, Ron Pettibon (Rachel), Rhonda Burns (Joe) and Jeremy Pettibon (Nicole) and grandchildren: Kenneth Perry; Ryan, Sara and Shelby Marquardt; Scott, Marshall and Lauren Pettibon; Audrey and Ollie Pettibon; and Issac, Jian and Jonas Burns. Nephews and Nieces: Tim, Mark, Tara and Megan Conley and several great nephews and niece.

He is also survived by Raymond Crawford, many dear cousins, previous wives, Karen Anderson and Mary Johnson. He is also survived by many dear friends and his Kansas City Chief’s Tailgate Family. While visiting with Brent Mendenhall he said the first Kansas City Chief’s game he and Carp attended together was in the 1960’s when the game was still held in the small Municipal Stadium and the last they attended together was December 12, 2021 at Arrowhead Stadium. Richard had been a season ticket holder for many years and many friends Rusty Reed, Mel Gulliford, Sandy Norcross, Brent Mendenhall just to name a few, were always willing to drive him since he was unable to drive due to losing partial eyesight several years ago.

He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter Angie Perry, many cousins and special friends, Doug Cambell, Regar Todd, and Coach John McNeley as well as Kelly Branham who all shared their love of Nevada sports, Missouri Tigers and last but not least Kansas City Chiefs.

Richard attended all 12 years plus kindergarten in the Nevada R-5 School District. He attended PSU 2 plus years and later received his Bachelors’ Degree from Missouri Southern State University. Many of you know him through his various work. He worked at the Nevada Hab Center, History Teacher and Coach, El Dorado Springs, MO (coaching was his FAVORITE of any positions he held). After teaching he decided to start his own home construction business which he continued until his health did not allow. After retirement he started writing his weekly column for the Nevada Daily Mail and I know many of you have enjoyed reading them over years and he received many compliments, which he greatly appreciated. Richard was a very gifted man with a great memory for anything historical. He was also President of the Men’s Senior Golf League at the Nevada City Golf Course. He actually played with the Senior group on Tuesday, December 14th, before he entered the hospital the next morning.

Memorials are suggested in his name to Nevada R-5 Foundation c/o Ferry Funeral Home.

No services are planned at this time.


Barbara Fairchild coming to Butler



Rollover accident in Henry County

On January 3rd around 10:25 a.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Henry County along with Henry County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on Missouri 18 Highway just east of SW 1601 Road. 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu driven by 30 year old Michael J. Worley of Nevada, Missouri struck a ditch and overturned, striking a fence.

A passenger in the vehicle 51 year old Rhonda M. Worley of Warrensburg, Missouri sustained minor injuries in this accident and she was transported by ambulance to Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville. 

Mr. Worley refused medical treatment at the scene.





Obituary - Jimmy Dale Austin

Jimmy Dale Austin, age 82, resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died January 2, 2022, at his home. He was born October 2, 1939, on the family farm in Walker, MO, the son of Tommy and Hattie Horning Austin. He married Betty Jean Townley on August 2, 1959, in Ft. Scott. She preceded him in death on March 4, 2015. 

Dale worked for the City of Ft. Scott Parks Department as caretaker of Main St. Park before moving to the Street Department. He then became self employed with his own dump truck, hauling, and backhoe service. He enjoyed riding horses. Dale was a hard-working family man. He would do anything for his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Survivors include a daughter, Tammy Winter-Heimsoth and husband Kirby; granddaughter Casey Winter-Fogle and husband John and great grandson Michael, granddaughter Amber Ramirez and husband Daniel and great grandchildren Jaydon, Zac, Elian, and Izaiah; brother Henry Jay Austin, sister Hazel Marie Green; and many nieces and nephews. Also surviving is close family friend Blanche Williams. Beside his wife, Dale was preceded in death by a daughter Janet Mason, two brothers, Stanley Lee and Charles Clinton Austin, and his parents.

Evangelist Bill Downy will conduct funeral services at 11:00 AM Friday, January 7th, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:30 until 11:00 prior to the service. Memorials are suggested to Care to Share and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.


Welcome back Butler Elementary Students

Good Monday afternoon, BES families! I hope you and your family enjoyed the holidays and our students are ready to be back with us tomorrow. We are finally experiencing cold weather so I wanted to make you aware of a couple of things happening in our building.

Construction is still ongoing with the new entrance, office area, and new HVAC in half of the building. Because of this, some of our classrooms and hallways are colder than others. Please have your child dress in layers and long pants so they are comfortable throughout the day. 

The majority of our building is comfortable and we are taking measures to warm up the areas that are colder, but we would appreciate your help with this.

Below is the recess policy for cold weather:

Students go outside for recess whenever possible. In cold weather, we carefully watch the temperature and go outside when it is 25 degrees or warmer (including wind chill factor). Please be sure that students have appropriate cold weather clothing. Outer wear such as coats, hats, and gloves should be marked with the child’s name or initials. If your child is in need of a warm coat please let our Counselor or Principal’s office know.

If you have any questions at all please let me know. You can reply to this email or call me at 660-679-6591. I look forward to seeing our students in the morning!

Melody Siebeneck



Obituary - Sharon Pinney

It is with great sadness that we share with you that Sharon Pinney passed away on Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 in the late afternoon due to complications from COVID-19. She fought a courageous battle to get back home to live a normal life with her family.

Sharon loved to garden, walk her favorite dog Amber and spend time with her family. She is very loved and was able to spend time with each family member as she battled to regain her health. She passed away peacefully with her immediate family holding her hands and talking to her.

Sharon, being a private person, wanted a celebration of life with her immediate family only. Sharon is survived by her husband (Jim Pinney), children (Suzanne Taylor, Jacqulyn Wayne, and James Pinney) as well as her grandchildren (Zach Taylor, Noah Taylor, Madelyn Pinney and Devyn Pinney) In accordance with Sharon’s wishes, if you feel the need to do anything such as cards, food, flowers, etc, please take that time that you would spend and do something to create a memory with your own family or friends.

Thank you to all of you for your interest and support that you have shown towards Sharon and our family during the past several weeks.

Arrangements: Cullen Funeral Home, Raymore, MO 816.322.5278



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