Goodlet, Kenneth 1943-2025 Rushville, Mo.

RUSHVILLE, Mo. – Kenneth “Wayne” Goodlet, 82, of Rushville, Missouri, died on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Andy Campbell officiating. Burial will follow in the Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville. The family will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, at the funeral home. Memorial contributions are suggested the Sugar Creek Cemetery or the University of Kansas Cancer Research Center and may be sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences and remembrances to the family may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com.

Wayne was born on Feb. 7, 1943, in Atchison, Kansas, the son of George Russell and Anna Mae (Large) Goodlet. He graduated from North Platte High School in 1961.

Wayne was a farmer and cattleman and also worked as a machinist for LFM/Rockwell/Atchison Casting Foundry until retiring in 2004. He was a member of the New Home Baptist Church, Halls, Missouri, and enjoyed raising horses, cattle and farming.

He was married to Janice Rains on Nov. 4, 1962, at Short Creek Baptist Church, Rushville. Janice preceded him in death on Aug. 3, 2016.

Survivors include a son, Christopher “Todd” Goodlet and his wife, Tracy, Rushville; a grandson, Colton Goodlet, Kansas City, Missouri; and his sister, Linda D. Jones, Rushville; friend, Sandy Peuker, Rushville.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; and a daughter, Kelly Goodlet (1982). As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.