Automotive News Released an article about Max Motors Family of Dealerships

Max Motors Dealerships, co-owned by Mark Muller and Bob Jacaway, last month purchased the Nevada Auto Mall dealership, marking its second store in Nevada, Mo.

Max Motors of Harrisonville, Mo., on April 7 bought the Ford-Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram store from Dan Hope, according to Performance Brokerage Services, a buy-sell firm in Irvine, Calif., which handled the transaction. 

Paul Kechnie, Texas and Midwest partner for the firm, brokered the deal. Max Motors renamed the dealership Max Ford-Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram Nevada. Hope opened the auto mall in 1994 after starting his career selling cars in 1969 and buying his first store in 1975, according to the brokerage firm. Max Motors retained Hope's employees including his son, Dan Hope Jr., and grandson, Dan Hope III, Jacaway, the firm's CEO, told Automotive News.

Max Motors was founded in 2006 in Butler, Mo., by Muller. He and his family starred in "God, Guns & Automobiles," a reality TV show that aired on the History Channel. 

Jacaway said the group wanted to add the auto mall to its portfolio to boost its reach. "With the addition of Nevada Auto Mall, that gives us three Ford and three CDJR stores in contiguous markets and expands our ability to service our customers," he wrote in an email.
Max Motors also has a Chevrolet-Buick-GMC dealership in Nevada, Mo. Last year, it expanded to Kansas with the purchase of Ford and Hyundai dealerships in Manhattan.

In addition to the Nevada, Mo., locations and its Kansas dealerships, Max Motors also has a Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram store in Belton, Mo., a Ford store in Harrisonville, a Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram-Ford store in Butler, plus a collision center in Harrisonville and a used-vehicle dealership in Belton.

May 31, 2022 07:49 AM
MELISSA BURDEN

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Obituary - Clarence Eugene Green

Clarence “Gene” Eugene Green, age 81, of Raymore, Missouri, passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 1111 W. Foxwood Dr. Raymore, Missouri 64083. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. followed immediately with a funeral at 11:00 a.m. Burial will proceed at Raymore Cemetery in Raymore, Missouri.

Gene was born on October 4, 1940 to Albert Green and Goldie (Canida) Green in Warrensburg, Missouri. After high school he completed two years of college. In the summer of 1962, Gene was joined in marriage with his wife, Joanna (Nelson) on June 10th. Their union was blessed with two sons, Gregory and Christopher. He worked as a fire fighter with the Kansas City Fire Department until he retired at age 48. Following retirement, he was a very successful boat salesman for ten years and later worked in the mortgage business. In 1991 Gene and Joanna moved from Kansas City to Raymore. Gene was a faithful member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. In life, he was very passionate about fishing and more so, golfing, never parting with his custom clubs.

Clarence was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Goldie Green; and brother Robert Earl Green.

He is survived by his loving wife, Joanna Green; two sons, Greg Green (Emma) and Chris Green (Rita); two sisters, Lois Bowder (Gary) and Alberta Jones (Clarence); and four

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Obituary -Eloise Westhoff

Eloise Carol Westhoff, 93 of Gallup, New Mexico, formerly of Drexel, Missouri passed away on the 11th of February 2022 at the home of her granddaughter Rachel Mangum. 

A memorial visitation will be held 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at Mullinax Funeral Home, Drexel Chapel (816-657-4400). 

Inurnment will take place in Sharon Cemetery, Drexel, Missouri. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com

Eloise was born on the 18th of July 1928 in Polo, Missouri, the eldest child of her parents Leslie Crouch Dunnington and Elizabeth Carol (Garner) Dunnington. She attended Drexel High School, Drexel, Missouri graduating in 1946. The following year she was joined in marriage to John Kenneth Westhoff.

She and John Lived on the Westhoff family farm in Bates County Missouri a few miles west and south of Drexel where they raised their two children, Olive Elizabeth and John Leslie. Eloise was very proud of the century farm and that she was able to keep it in the family until just recently.

Eloise was widowed when her husband died in 1983 following a prolonged neurologic illness inherited from his father and prevalent in the Westhoff family. She was a loving caretaker for many in the family and became a cherished and loved caretaker for many friends and family through the years including her father until his death at the age of 105 and her daughter who also suffered from the same illness as her husband.

In her later years she lived with her son and most recently with her granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her father, Leslie Crouch Dunnington; her mother, Elizabeth Carol (Garner) Dunnington; her husband, John Kenneth Westhoff and her daughter, Olive Elizabeth Westhoff Derrington. She is survived by her two siblings Leslie Garner Dunnington and Erma Elizabeth Dunnington; Sister-in-law, Diana Dunnington; her son, John Leslie Westhoff; her daughter-in-law, Neva Jane Westhoff; her son-in-law, Kenneth L Derrington; nieces; Donna Westhoff, Lynn (Dunnington) Falkenberry, Marie Dunnington, Julie (Dunnington) Johnson; 5 grandchildren,17 great grandchildren, many cousins and friends.

Obituary - Alice Laverne (Stude) Widner

Alice Laverne Stude Widner was born March 18, 1931 in Haskell County, Kansas to John and Grace Jones Stude. She grew up and attended school in Copeland, Kansas. She departed this life June 5, 2022. On September 4, 1949,

Alice married LaMonte(Lem) Widner and they spent the first few years of their married life in New Jersey where their son, Jim, and daughter Roselynn, were born. They returned to Copeland, Kansas in 1955 and lived there until 1965. During that time, Alice was busy raising her children, now numbering four with the addition of son, Danny, and daughter, Jeannie. In 1965, Alice and Lem and family moved to El Dorado Springs, Missouri where they owned and operated the C&H Motel. Alice also had a part-time job as a disc-jockey with the local radio station, KESM. In 1970 the family moved to La Cygne, Kansas.

Alice and Lem worked for the Allendale Camps as caretakers. A few years later they moved to Trading Post to run the Trading Post Museum. In 1998, Lem lost his battle with cancer. Alice continued to run the museum until 2014 when she finally retired at the age of 82. During the years at Trading Post, Alice wrote a byline, "Trading Post News", for the county newspaper, The Linn County News. She usually included local historical tidbits in her articles. Alice became a devoted genealogist of local families and often gathered information for out-of-county people who had ancestors from this area.

She was also a Civil War buff and became an expert on Linn County and its part in the Civil War. After retiring, Alice moved to La Cygne and had her own apartment. She enjoyed being an advisor, and a surrogate mother and grandmother to her friends and neighbors in her apartment complex.

At the age of 90, Alice was no longer able to live by herself. She moved to the Louisburg Healthcare and Rehab Center and lived her remaining days there. Those of her family called home before her include her parents, five brothers, Lawrence, Howard, John, Vernon and Frank, and a sister, June StudeSumpter.

Her husband, Lem, son, Danny and his wife Cathy, daughter, Jeannie, and her husband, John Orth, daughter-in-law, Sherry Widner and grandson, Matthew Widner, also pre-deceased her. Those surviving include a son, Jim Widner, of Adrian, MIssouri, and daughter, Roselynn, and her husband, Wilbur Armstrong, of La Cygne. Surviving grandchildren are Jeremy, Jennifer, and Jared(Lindsey) Armstrong, Dustin(Lauren) Widner, Logan(Lisa) Widner, Jodi(James) Meeks, Katie(Brent) Knop, Alexis Widner, and Krystal(Austin) Davidson. Alice also had 10 great-grandchildren.

Memorial service will be 11 am Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 pm Tuesday, June 21 at the La Cygne Chapel. Private burial later in Riverview Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to Linn County Historical Society. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.