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Kenneth Charles “Buckwheat” Rains

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Kenneth Charles “Buckwheat” Rains

Birth
Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Death
3 Apr 2021 (aged 79)
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Kenneth Charles Rains, 79, of Rushville, MO passed away Saturday, April 3, 2021 at the Mosaic Life Center, St. Joseph, MO.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Michael Strickland officiating. Burial will follow in the Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, MO. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home.

Kenny was born on September 26, 1941 in Atchison, KS the son of Russell and Genelle (Farmer) Rains. He graduated from DeKalb High School in 1959. Kenny worked as a sand molder for Rockwell International Foundry- Atchison Casting, retiring after 38 years in 2003. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Atchison, and the Steelworkers Union # 6943. Kenny loved deer and duck hunting, cutting wood, playing horseshoes, mushroom hunting in the Missouri hills, gardening and raising watermelons and especially spending time with his family, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

He was married on May 22, 1976. She survives of the home. Additional survivors include a son, a step-son, a step daughter-in- law, a brother, a brother-in-law, four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. His parents, a step-son Steve Weigel, a brother, Virgil "Pooch" Rains, and a sister, Janice Goodlet preceded him in death.
Kenneth Charles Rains, 79, of Rushville, MO passed away Saturday, April 3, 2021 at the Mosaic Life Center, St. Joseph, MO.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Michael Strickland officiating. Burial will follow in the Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, MO. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home.

Kenny was born on September 26, 1941 in Atchison, KS the son of Russell and Genelle (Farmer) Rains. He graduated from DeKalb High School in 1959. Kenny worked as a sand molder for Rockwell International Foundry- Atchison Casting, retiring after 38 years in 2003. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Atchison, and the Steelworkers Union # 6943. Kenny loved deer and duck hunting, cutting wood, playing horseshoes, mushroom hunting in the Missouri hills, gardening and raising watermelons and especially spending time with his family, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

He was married on May 22, 1976. She survives of the home. Additional survivors include a son, a step-son, a step daughter-in- law, a brother, a brother-in-law, four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. His parents, a step-son Steve Weigel, a brother, Virgil "Pooch" Rains, and a sister, Janice Goodlet preceded him in death.

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