Millie Ilene Butler
Formerly of La Grande
1936-2013
Millie Ilene Butler, 76, of Baker City and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 11 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center.
Her memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Hope Cemetery with Wally Muzzy and Jerry Sheets of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in John Day officiating. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception at Coles Tribute Center following the services.
Millie was born to Frank Avery "Dick" and Hilda Dorothy (Jones) McCumber on May 4, 1936, in Baker City. She attended high school in Mount Vernon and married Floyd Lee Hickerson on Oct. 25, 1953, in Winnemucca, Nev. She then married Robert Lee Butler on July 1, 2004, in Hillsboro. She was a great homemaker and also worked for a time at Beaver State Dental and Terry Trailer, retiring on Sept. 1, 2004.
Millie lived in La Grande from 1963 to 1978 and her husband, Sgt. Lee Hickerson, was a city police officer in La Grande. She enjoyed horseback riding, riding her bicycle, going to the mountains mushrooming, huckleberry picking and loving on her dog, Jake. She loved her kids, grandkids, great-grandkids and her husband. She was a member of the LDS Church and a breast cancer survivor.
Millie is survived by her husband, Bob Butler of Baker City; two sons, Fain Hickerson and wife, Darla, of Coos Bay, and Neil Hickerson and Kathy Keller of Gresham; one daughter, Theresa German and husband, Brent, of La Grande; three brothers, Roger McCumber and wife, Jan, of Hillsboro, Lyle McCumber and wife, Linda, of Mount Vernon, and Rob McCumber and wife, Char, of Mount Vernon; four step-daughters, one step-son and their spouses, seven grandchildren plus several step-grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Lee Hickerson, a brother, Neil McCumber, and a grandson, Sean Christopher.
Memorial contributions may be made to Breast Cancer Research Foundation through Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
Millie Ilene Butler
Formerly of La Grande
1936-2013
Millie Ilene Butler, 76, of Baker City and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 11 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center.
Her memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Hope Cemetery with Wally Muzzy and Jerry Sheets of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in John Day officiating. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception at Coles Tribute Center following the services.
Millie was born to Frank Avery "Dick" and Hilda Dorothy (Jones) McCumber on May 4, 1936, in Baker City. She attended high school in Mount Vernon and married Floyd Lee Hickerson on Oct. 25, 1953, in Winnemucca, Nev. She then married Robert Lee Butler on July 1, 2004, in Hillsboro. She was a great homemaker and also worked for a time at Beaver State Dental and Terry Trailer, retiring on Sept. 1, 2004.
Millie lived in La Grande from 1963 to 1978 and her husband, Sgt. Lee Hickerson, was a city police officer in La Grande. She enjoyed horseback riding, riding her bicycle, going to the mountains mushrooming, huckleberry picking and loving on her dog, Jake. She loved her kids, grandkids, great-grandkids and her husband. She was a member of the LDS Church and a breast cancer survivor.
Millie is survived by her husband, Bob Butler of Baker City; two sons, Fain Hickerson and wife, Darla, of Coos Bay, and Neil Hickerson and Kathy Keller of Gresham; one daughter, Theresa German and husband, Brent, of La Grande; three brothers, Roger McCumber and wife, Jan, of Hillsboro, Lyle McCumber and wife, Linda, of Mount Vernon, and Rob McCumber and wife, Char, of Mount Vernon; four step-daughters, one step-son and their spouses, seven grandchildren plus several step-grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Lee Hickerson, a brother, Neil McCumber, and a grandson, Sean Christopher.
Memorial contributions may be made to Breast Cancer Research Foundation through Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
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