The SERVICE for Buddy will be Monday, December 17, 2018 at 2:00 pm at Hill and Son Funeral Home in Appleton City, Missouri.

The MINISTER will be Jerry Johannigmeier.

VISITATION will precede the service from noon until 2:00 p.m.

INTERMENT will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri.

The family suggests any MEMORIAL donations be made to Appleton City Athletic Boosters. These may be sent to Appleton City High School, 408 W. 4th, or left at the funeral home.

French "Buddy" Mario Butler II passed away peacefully at his home outside of Appleton City, Missouri, on December 13, 2018. The only son of French Mario and Pearl (Weinstein) Butler, he was born on March 4, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Hudson School, where he made many lifelong friends, and then graduated from Appleton City High School in 1980. Buddy immediately took over his family farm and began ranching, which he continued all his life.

Buddy married Kim Hampton in 1987, yet even through a divorce they remained close friends. He later married Jenny Jennings in 2001, gaining a daughter Olivia, who he always adored. Jenny and Buddy divorced, but remained best friends and family.

Buddy was known and remembered as a "gentleman-farmer," who enjoyed supervising his cattle operation as much as laboring in it. He spent many white-knuckled Sunday afternoons watching Chiefs football and providing "expert" commentary on how the team might improve. Buddy dearly loved a big-fat-steak and refreshments on evenings, weekends, and holidays. One of his favorite activities was "stirring-the-pot" and amusing himself by riling up his friends and family, all in good fun. He will be dearly missed by all those who encountered him.

He is preceded in death by his father and mother, French Mario and Pearl (Weinstein) Butler.

Buddy is survived by those he considered family: Jenny Butler and his daughter Olivia Jennings; as well as Straton and Kim Raybourn and Straton Lee Raybourn; and his cousins. He will be deeply missed by his many friends.