Tractor convoy honour for ‘big-hearted’ farm worker

THE wife of a Fife farm contractor says her husband was a “big-hearted gentleman” who could bring out the best in everyone he met.

Kevin Buttercase, 39, died suddenly and unexpectedly on May 12 after falling ill while driving.

He was well known and respected across the farming community in Fife, working for the family-owned agricultural contractors, I and K Buttercase.

A convoy of more than 50 tractors and farm vehicles accompanied the funeral cortege yesterday morning as it travelled the four miles from Baldinnie to Brewsterwells Crematorium, which is located between St Andrews and Largoward.

Kevin’s wife Sarah described her husband as a “good man” who “loved life and lived it to the full every single day”.

“Kevin had the ability to see and bring out the best in everyone he met,” she added.

“He was loyal, immensely funny and the sort of person who went out of his way to help anyone he could.

“He was my big-hearted gentleman, a great dad to daughter Lauryn, 23, and son Lachlan, 15, and husband to me for over 17 years who loved his family.

“Kevin was never happier than when he was tinkering with a piece of machinery or a vehicle of some sort.

“I don’t know how he did it but he had the ability to fix anything.”

Sarah also said her husband was always on hand to help within the community. “He was often out clearing roads and assisting others during storms and emergencies,” she said.

She also said that she and her family were “deeply honoured” to have learned that even in death, as a registered organ donor, Kevin had helped save or prolong the lives of four other people.

Kevin Buttercase.