Obituary - H. De. Wilson

H. De. Wilson, 94 of Butler, Missouri passed away Saturday, March 9, 2024 at Medicalodge of Butler. A visitation will be held Thursday, March 14, 2024 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). Funeral services will follow at 2:00 pm Thursday, also at the funeral home. 

Burial will take place in Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to the Butler Public Library or the Adrian Optimist. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

Harry DeVoe Wilson, known by all his friends and family as H. De. was born July 11, 1929 on a farm near Metz, MO. The son of Earl DeVoe Wilson and Zella Gregg Wilson. He attended Stoney Point Elementary School. His family moved to Nevada, MO. in 1943, and H. De. graduated from Nevada High School in 1948.

On October 7, 1951 H. De. was united in marriage to Jo Ann Underwood, to this union three children were born, Tonia, Teresa, and Tamara. H. De. entered the US Army on October 31, 1951 and served until October 2, 1953, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. and Bordeaux, France.

H. De. and Jo Ann moved the family to Butler, MO. in 1967 where H. De. worked for Foodtown Grocery until its closing in 1982. He then went to work for Coca-Cola and retired in 1994 so that he could travel. H. De. was not one to set idle for too long, so he went to back to work, this time for his long-time friend Jim Peters at the Exchanger newspaper. He would work there until 2011. Following that he went to work for Mullinax Funeral Home delivering funeral notices to local businesses. He officially retired from that job in December of 2023.

H. De. loved to hunt and fish, especially for salmon in Alaska, but after he retired his first love was traveling. He was able to see some of each of the States with the exception of three on the east coast and Hawaii.

H. De. and Jo Ann spent their winters in Gulf Shores, Alabama where he enjoyed walking the beach and gathering shells. If you knew H. De. well, you would know that he enjoyed his trips to the casinos and was a regular at the local Bingo games. He also very much enjoyed his time with family, especially his grandchildren.

H. De. was preceded in death by his parents, daughter Tonia Dee Miller, two brothers, and three sisters. He is survived by his wife Jo Ann Wilson, daughters Teresa Wilson and Tamara Deardorff, four grandchildren, Samantha, Lauren, Michael, and Jennifer, along with seven great-grandchildren.

All district girls basketball players from Butler High School

We would like to Congratulate the following Butler High School Girls Basketball players for making all district.

Freshman Kylee Dubray and Gabrielle Carmichael! Way to go ladies! 

The following girls made all conference:

1st team- Kylee Dubray

2nd team-Gabbie Carmichael and Adyson Clover

All rea Way to go! 

Highlights from this week's News-Shopper

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Scheduled power outage in Butler tomorrow

Due to the discovery of a broken pole in the electrical distribution system, the City of Butler is scheduling two power outages for circuits #1 and #2 on Tuesday, March 12th to replace the pole. The first outage will be shortly after 8am and should last about 30 minutes. 

This will allow the crew to manipulate the system and restore power to the citizens while the broken pole is being replaced. The second outage will be later in the day, and it will allow the crew to return the circuits back to normal operation.

For informational purposes, I have attached a map marked with blue to identify the area that is affected. Again, the City of Butler apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thanks, Trent Diehl

Obituary - Maurice Donald Russell

M. Donald “Don” Russell, 74, went to be with his heavenly father on March 8, 2024, after a long fight with kidney and heart disease.

He was born in Kansas City, KS on November 18, 1949, to James L. Russell and Ruth E. Selbe. He was accompanied in birth that day by his twin sister, Maurita “Rita” Garnette Russell (West). Don and Rita were eventually a part of a family that included 12 boys and 2 girls.

While the family moved a number of times, a good part of Don’s formative years were spent in or near Fulton, Kansas. Don’s father, James Lowell Russell passed away on November 29, 1964, at the age of 51.

He married Linda Sue Parrent in Shawnee, Kansas on March 27, 1971, at the home of Linda’s parents. Don had one daughter Jamie Payton, and three sons, Casey, Les and Matthew “Matt” Russell.

Around 1974, Don and Linda came to Fort Scott, KS and settled to live. Shortly after the move to Fort Scott he went to work for the City of Fort Scott in the water department. He continued to work for the city of Fort Scott for his entire career, retiring as the city Economic Development Director. Over the course of his career, he led, or supported numerous economic development initiatives for the city and Bourbon County.

He was also active in a number of community organizations, helping others. For many years, he was an active sponsor for Alcoholics Anonymous and he served for years on the Bourbon County Drug and Alcohol council. He also served the community as a reserve police officer for a number of years in his free time from responsibilities at the city.

However, as a member of such a large family, his largest presence was as a husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather. The Russell family (and the varying surnames that branch off from them) are a large family that loves to gather together. Don was an integral, and beloved part of those gatherings, and will be greatly missed by all of his siblings, children, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren.

Wherever the Russell family gathered together, cars played an important role in those gatherings. Don and many of his brothers loved restoring automobiles. If you drove past Don’s home (or one of the assorted garages they worked from) you regularly saw antique vehicles in some stage of restoration. That love of vehicles continued into retirement when Don and his brothers, bought, scrapped, and continued working on old cars. When pulling a hulk into the driveway, with assorted parts in the bed of the pickup he would have to explain to Linda (who was unconvinced) “look at it, It’s got potential”. Many, many of the Russell children (Don’s nieces and nephews) learned to drive in cars from the 1930’s – 1960’s.

He is survived by his wife Linda, sons Casey and wife (Mindy), Les and wife (Jena), and Matt, daughter Jamie Payton, brothers, Jesse, Dennis, Bob, Wayne,Chuck, and Kevin, four grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Brysen (DeChant), Madilyn, and Max, two great-grandchildren, Landon and Kylie DeChant, along with numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers Jim, Leo (Jay), Joe, Jerry, and Les, his sisters Louise, and Rita as well as numerous other loved ones.

There was cremation. A memorial visitation will be held from 5 to 7 P.M. Thursday, March 14, 2024 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to Care to Share and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

Nevada man killed in motor vehicle accident in Carthage

Press Release: Fatality Crash 3/7/2024
Date: March 7, 2024

On Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 5:05 AM, Carthage Officers were dispatched to a single-vehicle crash on MO 171 in the eastbound lane. 

The vehicle, a 2017 GMC Acadia, was traveling eastbound on MO 171 and struck the traffic signal pole at the intersection of MO 171 and I49. The driver of the vehicle was pronounced deceased on scene.

He has been identified as Andrew Corriston, age 29 of Nevada, Missouri. His next of kin have been notified. There were no other occupants in the vehicle. This is Carthage’s first fatality accident of 2024.

Butler Youth Wrestling Club State Championship Results:

A long, hard fought weekend of STATE wrestling for the young Butler Youth Wrestling Club Bears!! So very proud of their efforts!!!

Congratulations to the following wrestlers on placing at the 2024 State Championships:

Covy Riley- Runner up 8U 75lbs.
Julius Varns-4th place 10U 65lbs.
Hunter Long-4th place 14U 190lbs.
Nolan Varns-5th place 10U 75lbs.
Levi Wiese- 6th place 10U 70 lbs.
Easton Adams-6th place 8U 100lbs.

What an amazing way to end your seasons!! Way to go bears!