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W. N. BUTLER, DIES JUNE 26 IN AMES
AT AGE OF 70
AT AGE OF 70
BORN IN APPANOOSE CO. AND
WAS REARED NEAR SEYMOUR
WAS REARED NEAR SEYMOUR
The following is the obituary of W. N.
Butler, who died Tuesday in Ames.
William Newton Butler was born in Appanoose
county, Iowa, May 27, 1864, the son of two hardy pioneers, Pascal T. Butler and
Jane Morlan Butler. He grew to manhood
at the family homestead northeast of Seymour.
On the 21st of September, 1887, he
was married to Etta B. Wright, who was the daughter of pioneer parents in the
same community. To this marriage were
born six children, all of who survive their father, and their mother, who
preceded father in death five years ago.
The children are: Will, who is
engaged in he practice of law at Mason City, Iowa; Carl, who is in business at
Caldwell, Idaho; Lee of the faculty of Iowa State college at Ames, Iowa; Ralph,
who is with the auditing department of the Equitable Life Insurance company of
Des Moines; Alice, Girl Reserve Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at Harrisburg, Penn.;
and Oma, who is a teacher of music in the public schools of Boise, Idaho.
Goes to Indianola
Mr. Butler engaged in farming until 1908,
when the family moved to Indianola, Iowa, in order that the children might have
the advantages of a college education.
At Indianola Mr. Butler engaged in the feed and grain business until the
death of the wife and mother in July 1929.
Since that time he has resided in Caldwell, Idaho and at Ames, and has
also spent much time in the companionship of his brothers and sisters who
reside in the vicinity of the old home.
He is survived by five brothers and three sisters, Elmer Butler, Lafe
Butler, Charles Butler, and Asa Butler, of Seymour, Iowa; Jesse Butler, Des
Moines; Mrs Belinda Willis of Seymour; Mrs. Emma Hiatt of Centerville, and Mrs.
Verna Johnson of Silvis, Ill.; also other relatives and a host of friends, for
he was a man who made friends wherever he went.
Ill For 5 Weeks
He joined the Methodist church early in life,
was for many years a member of the church at Seymour and at the time of his
death he was a member of First Church at Ames.
To his children father was kind,
unpretentious, sincere and a constant living example of the principles which he
strove to instill into their lives. To
his friends he was true, a good man, always recognized as a trustworthy citizen
and of Chistian character.
During the past few years he has been in
failing health, but he always remained courageous and uncomplaining. He was seriously ill for five weeks at the
home of his son Lee at Ames, where he received the kindly ministration of the
members of the family and many friends who had known of his illness. On Tuesday evening June 26, he slipped
quietly to the great beyond, to meet mother who was waiting him there, and in
turn to await those who today pause to remember and pay their respects to a
loving father, a faithful brother and a true friend.
Services were held from the Seymour Methodist
church, Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by the Rev. W. A. Morgan
pastor of First Church, Ames, and the Rev. R. C. Buchanan pastor of the local
Methodist church. Burial was in the
Southlawn cemetery.
Gravestone for William N. Butler
in Southlawn Cemetery, Seymour, Iowa
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The Editor thanks Jocelyn Faris for sharing this obituary through the findagrave.com site.
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