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Randy Perry Krotz, 64

Randy Perry Krotz was born on February 3, 1962 at Republic County Hospital in Belleville, Kansas. He passed away at Evelyn's Hospice House near his home in Wildwood, Missouri on April 18, 2026, at the age of 64 years, 2 months, and 15 days.

Randy was the son of Donald J. and Geneva R. (Goodall) Krotz. He was the youngest of three children born to this union. Randy grew up in the Belleville and Cuba areas, attending all of his kindergarten through high school years in the Belleville school system. He graduated from Belleville High School in 1980.

From 1980-1982, Randy attended Cloud County Community College, earning an associate's degree. In 1984, he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agronomy from Kansas State University in Manhattan.

In 1990, Randy married Susan Smydra of Boelus, NE, and to this union five years later in Philadelphia, PA, their son Garrison Donald was born.

On September 12, 2020, Randy married the love of his life and true soulmate, Kathrin Terzo of St. Louis.

Beginning in the early 1980s and throughout the next 43 years, Randy promoted agriculture through a myriad of methods while always placing the Midwestern farmer at the core of his regard. His job positions proved his skills in leadership, public relations, strategic thinking, and marketing. Due largely to Randy's strong communication skills, work ethic, and delivered results, his positions within a number of prestigious agricultural companies found him speaking to large and influential crowds in numerous states nationally and countries internationally, as well as touring farms in nearly every state within the U.S. Those companies included FMC, Monsanto, v-Fluence Interactive, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, National Corn Growers Association, and U. S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance. Since 2018, Randy has served as CEO of AgWiki, a global social media platform committed to informing and uniting farmers, researching agronomists, and guiding all people on their food and agricultural needs.

At the start of his teenage years, Randy discovered his love of junior high and high school sports, particularly basketball. He also participated actively in the high school FFA organization, an extension of his several years prior participation in 4-H. Randy also thoroughly enjoyed working on the farm for both his father and a neighbor, Loren Blazek. Around this time, he ignited the torch of magnetic charm that would be his trademark through life. He was friendly and approachable to everyone. No one was a stranger to Randy, just a friend or acquaintance he hadn't spoken to yet. If you were a friend, you were a friend forever who benefitted from hours of two-sided conversation, for Randy cherished listening as much as talking. When and if a conversation turned to a topic of which Randy had intense sentiments, his undeniable wit always eased the discourse to a point of mutual camaraderie.

Randy was passionate about his faith and his family most of all. Time spent with any family member was time he adored. He loved "showing off" his nearly 30-year hometown of St. Louis, and he was ardent in warm feelings for his hometowns of Belleville and Cuba, Kansas. The family farm, recently celebrating 100 years of ownership by the Krotz family, was his forever home, and he additionally held an amorous affection for his mother's home in the Arkansas Ozarks. He also relished hobbies and conversations of sports (especially the Chiefs, Cardinals, and KSU Wildcats), U.S. history, family history, food, the NCK Free Fair, and hunting. Randy's professional life centered largely on the changes in the world, so tradition in his personal life was of utmost importance.

Randy is preceded in death by his parents, Don and Geneva Krotz, his paternal grandparents Joe and Julia Krotz, and his maternal grandparents William and Rutha Mae Goodall.

He is survived by his wife Kathrin of Wildwood, MO; son and daughter-in-law Garrison and Madeleine Krotz and granddaughter Dorothy Krotz of Chicago, IL; sister Debra Krotz of rural Cuba; and brother and sister-in-law Rick and Leah Krotz of rural Bryon, NE. Randy is also survived by step-daughter Daniella Terzo of Charleston, SC; step-son Wade Terzo of St. Louis, MO; in-laws Michael and Denise Moss of Doylestown, PA; sister-in-law Kristen (Tom) Horne of Center Valley, PA; nephew James (Haileigh) Krotz and son Joseph of Lafayette, IN; niece Juliana (Jeremy) Kroeger and children Adelynn and Luke, many cousins, and a multitude of friends.

Visitation will be Thursday, April 23, 2026, at Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home, Belleville, KS starting at 1 p.m. A rosary/vigil service will be held at 7:00 that evening with a visitation with the family to follow, at the funeral home.

Mass of Christian Burial will take place at St. Edward Catholic Church, Belleville, at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 24. Interment will follow at the Belleville City Cemetery.

Memorials are requested to Evelyn's Hospice House of Creve Coeur, MO, or to the Republic County High FFA to benefit the NCK Free Fair Kiddie Barn and may be mailed to Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home, PO Box 566; Belleville, Kansas 66935.

Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home is assisting the Krotz Family with arrangements.

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