Obituary - Jim Kochsmeier

Jim Kochsmeier

Memorial/Visitation for Jim Kochsmeier will be Friday, February 12, 2015 from 5-6 p.m. at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. There will be a prayer followed by military honors concluding at 6 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Inurnment at later date in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Harrisonville, Missouri. Contributions to Heartland Hospice.

Jim Kochsmeier, age 81 of Butler, Missouri died Monday, February 8, 2016 in Butler. He was born July 14, 1934 to John Conrad and Ethel Ona Williams Kochsmeier in Harrisonville, Missouri.

Jim is survived by three stepsons, Robert Todd and Larry Todd, both of Butler, Missouri and Travis Todd of St. Joseph, Missouri; two stepdaughters, Norma Jean Berry and husband Jim of Butler, Missouri and Patsy Yates of Adrian, Missouri; two sisters, Nadine Cunnings of Harrisonville, Missouri and Betty Hicks and husband Bob of Warsaw, Missouri; and 6 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 6 great great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Ethel in 2015; infant stillborn Ethel Rosalie; and stepgrandson Robbie Todd.