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Osawatomie lost a pillar of community service Saturday when William “Bill” Plummer, 80, passed away at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo.
Friends and family members who knew him well hailed Plummer as a strong, upstanding man who had a part in nearly every aspect of the community and had done so exuberantly since moving to Osawatomie in the 1960s.
Ernest Swenson, former superintendent of Osawatomie USD 367, said he best remembered Plummer for his tireless work as a part of the Board of Education and that everything Plummer did was with the best intentions.
“Bill was an excellent school board member,” Swenson said. “He wanted to do all he could for education. He stood for good things for children.”
Swenson recalled that Plummer had served two terms as president of the board, during which time he oversaw the construction of the current Osawatomie Middle School building.
“He was really proud to serve on the school board,” Swenson said. “He was a good man.”
Plummer was actively involved in other aspects of the community, too — including serving two terms as president of the Osawatomie Chamber of Commerce, one term as president of the Lions Club and on the first John Brown Jamboree committee in 1965.
He certainly wasn’t shy when something needed to get done.
“The things that he was involved in, he was a leader in,” Gordon Schrader said. “He was somebody who stepped up to the plate and did his share, or in his case, more than his share.”
Friends and relatives remember Plummer as a dedicated businessman as well. He owned and operated Osawatomie’s Mico Plumbing, Heating & Electric for 30 years before retiring in the early 1990s.
“If you needed him at 11 at night, Bill Plummer came to fix your furnace,” Schrader noted.
Born March 6, 1929 in Paola, Plummer’s life was marked by community and national service. After serving in the Army National Guard, Plummer held multiple positions, including mayor of Spring Hill.
Schrader remembered Plummer as nothing less than a dedicated individual who has left big shoes to fill in the community.
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