Fred R. Lowell died Tuesday, October 25, 2016. He was 85 years old. Cremation visitation in Kansas City will be 6 to 8 P.M. on Sat., Oct. 29, 2016, McGilley Memorial Chapel, Antioch, Kansas City North. Memorial services will be 10:00 am, Fri., Nov. 4, 2016, at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, Concordia, Kansas. There will be visitation for an hour prior to the services on Friday at the funeral home. Graveside prayer and inurnment of ashes in St. Concordia Cemetery, Concordia, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia and Zion Cemetery, Republic County, Kansas will follow the services.

Fred was born April 21, 1931 in Concordia, Kansas, the son of Roscoe and Stella Lowell of Concordia and a grandson of Fred R. and Anna Lowell, Hollis, Kansas. He attended Fortney grade school and graduated from Concordia High School in 1948. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from Kansas State College, Manhattan, in 1952. He was named a member of Gamma Sigma Delta, the National Honor Society of Agriculture and was a member of Scabbard & Blade Military Society. He was a lifetime member of the Kansas State Alumni Association.

Following graduation from Kansas State in 1952 he entered the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer. During the Korean War he served two years as an instructor and Training Aids and Lesson Plans officer, New Developments section, Anti-Aircraft, The Artillery School, Fort Bliss, Texas. At the completion of his two years of service at Ft. Bliss he received a Letter of Commendation recognizing his outstanding teaching ability and innovative instructional materials.

In 1952 Fred married Alice Bogart, daughter of Joe and Celia Bogart of Concordia, Kansas. In the course of their marriage they adopted a son, Bryan, when he was seven days old, and a daughter, Lori, at the age of three weeks. Throughout the years these children brought a sense of family, joy and pride.

Following completion of military service in 1954 and one post-graduate semester of journalism courses at Kansas State, Fred accepted a position as market analyst and writer for the Keltner Statistical Service, Kansas City, Missouri, publisher of The Keltner Commodity Letter, a weekly advisory letter for those trading Chicago grain futures. He held this position for 28 years. He was the author of books on commodity trading from the fundamental analysis perspective. For five years he was an account executive and account supervisor in the Public Relations department of Valentine-Radford Advertising, Kansas City and for ten years he was vice president of Advertising and Public Relations for Stephens & Associates Advertising, Overland Park, Kansas. In this work he traveled over the United States interviewing farmers, ranchers, dairymen and other agricultural interests, preparing their stories for publication in national agricultural journals. He developed many promotional materials and national marketing plans for the introduction of new products to agricultural and animal health markets.

Fred was a member of St. Gabriel Archangel Catholic Church (originally St. Michael's) in Kansas City for 57 years, dating back to 1959. He coached flag football in the grade school, served as Chairman of the school commission of the first Parish Council, served as parish lay representative to the Diocesan Council, and as lay minister in the parish.

Following professional retirement he worked for ten years as morning manager for gyms and fitness centers in the northland area. For more than 20 years he enjoyed, with his family, a weekend cabin at Lake Stockton, Missouri and he pursued his keen interest in genealogy, preparing a historical family genealogy book and many family histories. He was an avid fan of the Kansas City Chiefs and a season ticket holder back to the beginning days in old Municipal Stadium.

Fred was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Lyle and sister, Ramona Busby.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Alice Bogart; brother in law, Bob Busby of Hutchinson; son, Bryan and daughter, Lori, both of Kansas City; one sister, Dona Renken and husband Garth of Topeka, Kansas; one brother, Dean and his wife Norma of Menlo Park, California; niece, Ann Thiessen and husband Wes Hutchinson, Kansas; nephews, Lance Renken of Topeka, Douglas Lowell and family of Oregon, David Lowell and family of Menlo Park, California, Kevin Lowell and family of Streamwood, Illinois and Randy Lowell and family of Portland, Oregon; as well as many other nieces, nephews, and their families on the Bogart side of his wife's family.

The family suggests that memorials be made to the memory of Sisters of St. Joseph, Nazareth Convent, PO Box 279, Concordia, Kansas 66901. For online condolences, please visit www.chaputbuoy.com .  Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, Concordia, KS is handling arrangements.