Brandon C. Kaut

Brandon C. Kaut
(October 12, 1984 - January 27, 2007)
A Celebration of His Life will be held at 2:00 P.M., on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at the Danfelt Funeral Home, 951 S. Main Street, Maryville, Missouri 64468.

The family has requested Memorial Donations to be made to the Brandon C. Kaut Art Scholarship Fund, this can be forwarded to the funeral home or any US Bank location.

Brandon Calvin Kaut, 22, son of Cindy and Gordon “G.C.” White and Kevin Howell, was born October 12, 1984 in Mountain View, Missouri. He was tragically killed January 27, 2007 in an apartment fire in Maryville, Missouri. At 18 months of age, Brandon and his mother moved to the Appleton City / Taberville area where he had grown up. He was baptized at Pape Christian Church. He attended school at Appleton City graduating in 2003 from Appleton City High School. In high school, Brandon had been active in art and drama classes which he loved and excelled. He liked working with computers and was a member of the Student Council, Foreign Language Club, Quiz Bowl Team, National Honor Society, and had one of his many poems published in Teachers’ Selection Anthology of Eleventh Grade Poetry. Even though he had not been active in music classes in school he was very musical, writing songs, lyrics, poetry and playing guitar. During his last two years of high school Brandon had lived with his mentor, teacher and friend, Larry Swisher and wife Raymona. They became his second family in those years guiding and supporting him toward his goals. Following high school Brandon moved to Maryville, Missouri where he attended Northwest Missouri University. Brandon had become very proficient at photography and planned to open his own studio. He had studied graphic design and was also very competent at web design. He was currently working at Kawasaki in Maryville and doing photography on the side. He loved having his family visit him and showing them all of the photos and graphic art work. He was a wonderful loving son and brother. He had a multitude of friends and just loved life. Brandon was preceded in death by his brother Shannon White, and two step-grandfathers, Green Morgan and Gordon White. Survivors include his father Kevin Howell of Ozark, Missouri; his mother Cindy and husband Gordon “G.C.” White of Schell City, Missouri; two brothers, Kendall and Triston White of Schell City; paternal grandparents, George and Marilyn Howell of Summerville, Missouri and Janice Howell of Mountain Home, Arkansas; maternal grandparents Calvin and Verna Kaut of Summerville, Missouri; maternal step-grandparents Jay and June Jelks of Rockville, Missouri.