William (Bill) Henry Underwood, 88, Butler, Missouri, died Monday, April 29th, 2013 in Butler. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 3, 2013 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian, Missouri with burial in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian. Friends may call from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the American Diabetes Association.
Bill was born on October 16, 1924 in Butler, the son of Frank and Hazel (Gish) Underwood, and married Dixie Chitty on May 21, 1946 after his discharge from the U.S. Army. Bill lived most of his life in Bates County, and retired from Lucent Technologies in 1987.
The greatest loves of his life were his bride and family, raising and showing horses in the Kaysinger Circuit, camping with his friends, his garden and Shorty, his Chihuahua. Bill accepted Christ in Wellsville, Kansas in 1956, and joined the Ohio Street Methodist Church in Butler in 2001.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents, his three brothers, Frank, George and Jim and one sister, Alice, one son, Pat, and one daughter, Georgia. He is survived and mourned by his wife of nearly 67 years, Dixie; one daughter, Kit Corum and her husband, Richard of Adrian; two sons, Steve Underwood and his wife, Sandra (Wainscott) of Republic, Missouri and Frank Underwood and his wife, Terrie (Wiechert) of Newburgh, Indiana, as well as 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
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