Hersel Eugene Butka: (Daughters Aileen & Jean & Wedding Announcement & 1925/1928-9 Who's Who & 1930/1933/1935/1940/1950/1955 CA Occupational Licenses Dir. & WWII Draft Regis. Card & Poetry book Mexico Through the Eyes of Poet and Artist & Death Certificate & SDA Obituary in PUR & Obituary--Redlands Deaths).
Hersel E. Butka: (WWI Draft Regis. Card & 1917 CA Occupational License BME & 1918/1922/1927/1928 SDA Yearbook & 1918/1920/1934/1937/1940/1945 Dir. & 1920/1925/1926/1945/1966-1967 CA Occupational License Dir. & CA State Journal of Medicine & 1924 U.S. Passport Appl. & 1924 New Orleans Passenger List & 1934 article in North Pacific Union Gleaner & 1938 CA Voter Regis. & 1948 article in The Inter-American Division & 4 Poetry books & 1958/1967 article in The Mountain Democrat & Mission Globe Memorial & CDI & Headstone & CA Medicine Obituary).
Hersel Butka: (1911 Am. Citizen Regis. & 1900/1910/1930 absent/1940 Census & 1915 Dir. & 1922/1924/1926 SDA Yearbook & 1958 Story in The Youth's Instructor & 50th Anniversary Program Montemorelos Hospital & 1957/1958/1962/1967 article in The Mountain Democrat & 2009 article 50 years since founding & SSDI & The Mountain Democrat Obituary).
Herschel E. Butka: (1924 SDA Yearbook).
Hershel Butka: (1951 The Inter-American Division Messenger).
Hersal Butka: (1920 Census).
Husel Butka: (1932 NY Passenger List).
H. E. Butka: (1920/1927/1928/1929/1930/1931/1932/1940/1948/1949/1950/1951/1952/1953/1954/1955/1956 SDA Yearbook & 1928 CA Voter Registration & 1928 JAMA & 1929/1930/1931/1932/1933 South American Buelletin & 1936 article in Pomona Progress-Bulletin & 1945 Dir.).
Butka: (1929 JAMA & 1949 The Inter-American Division Messenger & 1930/1936 South American Buelletin).

b. 9 Dec 1894, in Columbus, [Kingfisher County,] OK. [3-19-1923 Passport Application & 1932 NY Passenger List & 1923 LA Passenger List - Columbos, Okla. & 1942 Draft Regis. Card]. [Also per Juanita Hansen on place because that is where his sister, her mother, Letha was born.] Probably an earlier town name.

b. 8 or 9 Dec 1894, in Columbus [sic - Columbia], Kingfisher County, OK. [SDA Obits.]

b. 9 Dec 1894, in Waukomis, Garfield County, Oklahoma. [WWI Draft Reg. Card]
b. in Waukomis, Garfield County, Indian Territory, Oklahoma.

b. 9 Dec 1894, in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma. [R. Jean Butka thought he was probably born there because he lived there as a boy and her father talked about it like it was the main city people heard of where he was born.]

m. (1) 31 Dec 1916, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, Mabel Margaret Wirt (another doctor who was in medical school with him). They eloped and were married on a Sunday. Marriage ended with the death of wife Mabel on 10 Aug 1923.

m. (2) 9 June 1944, in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, Hazel Nancy Meyer (a nurse that worked in his medical office).

d. 11 May 1967, at Loma Linda, [San Bernardino County,] California. (SDA obituaries).
COD: Cerebral Hemorrhage - 3 Days, Due to Cerebral Arteriosclerosis. Age 72. (Death Cert.).
COD: Stroke (Feb. 1967), coma for 3 weeks, never recovered his speech, but could understand people, eat, and shave himself. After therapy went to Palm Springs for a few days and he another stroke (May 1967) from which he did not recover. (Family Source).

Burial: Montecito Memorial Park, 3520 E. Washington Street, Colton, San Bernardino County, California USA, Postal Code: 92324, Phone: 909-825-3024. (New location).
Hersel is buried with his second wife, Hazel, at Montecito Memorial Park, 24145 Barton Road, Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, California 92354 -- physically in Colton, San Bernardino County, California.
Grave 1, Section 257, Lawn Oak, No. on curb 255, 16 spaces in.

"HERSEL E. BUTKA, M.D., 1894 - 1967"
[then in smaller capital letters added to the bottom margin of his marker]
"HAZEL M. BUTKA, 1913 - 1993."

Hersel's education:
1910-1911 - Keene Industrial Academy, Keene, Johnson County, Texas;
1911-1912 - Pre-Med - Emmanuel Missionary College at Berrien Springs, Berrian County, Michigan;
1912-1917 - Medical Doctor (M.D.) - The College of Medical Evangelists, Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, California/White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; and
1928 - Masters of Science (M.S.) - Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.

Military: WWI. 1917-1919: Hersel Eugene Butka was drafted during WWI as a U.S. Army Medical Corps Surgeon and served in France, about 60 miles behind enemy lines in tents.
"Commd. Lieut., Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917; served overseas 1918-1919." (Who's Who).

He had hazel eyes, brown curly hair, was 5'6", and weighed 160 lbs. at age 72.

Religion: Seventh-Day Adventist and a Medical Missionary.

Mission Globe Monument, Stewart Street (between Anderson & Campus), Loma Linda, CA - 2011: Plaque with his name on it honoring his SDA mission work - Location SE 16-03.
www.centennialpathway.org

He is a Poet (many of his poems were gospel). Published several books of poetry and in many health journals.

Hersel also enjoyed fishing.
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1900 U. S. Federal Census: Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma;
Roll: T623 1336; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 53.
Dwelling 175, Family 175

James Butka, Head, White, Male, Born Mar. 1863, Age 37, Married, # Years Married 12, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Bohemia, Mother's Birthplace Bohemia, Occupation Farmer, Months Not Employed 0, Read/Write/Speak English Yes, 0wn Home, Free of Mortgage, Farm, # of farm 173.

Lucy C. Butka, Wife, White, Female, born Feb. 1871, Age 29, Married, # Years Married 12, # of Children 4, # of Children Still Living 4, Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace Canada, Can Read/Write/Speak English Yes.

Daisy M. Butka, White, Female, born Dec. 1888, Age 11, Single, Birthplace Nebraska, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Occupation At-school, Attended School (in months) 7, Can Read/Write/Speak English Yes.

Leslie Butka, Son, White, Male, born May 1890, Age 10, Single, Birthplace Nebraska, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Occupation At-school, Attended School (in months) 7, Can Read/Write/Speak English Yes.

Lawrence Butka, Son, White, Male, born Nov. 1891, Age 8, Single, Birthplace Nebraska, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Occupation At-school, Attended School (in months) 7, Can Read/Write/Speak English Yes.

Hersel Butka, Son, White, Male, born Dec. 1894, Age 5, Single, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.

1906: Hersel's parents separated and filed for divorce. (See their notes).

Brenda Jo Butka provides:
"My understanding is that when Nana left James Butka she took Letha with her, leaving the other children, including my father Hersel, who was about 10 or 12. The family story is that Hersel then ran away from home to look for her, and wound up being picked up by the police and put in jail for a night or two until he could be returned to his father."

Betwen age 8 - 10 his father bought Hersel a bicycle, but not to ride around on for fun. It was so he could deliver more milk on the way to school and pick up empty bottles on they way home. (Per Gary Neal Butka).

1910 U. S. Federal Census (April 29): Dist. 174, 1-Pct., [Keene], Johnson County, Texas
Series: T624, Roll: 1569, Part: 1, Page: 64A
Dwelling 14, Family 14

Hersel Botkin (Butka?), Boarder, Male, White, Age 15, Single, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Student - College, W [with line through it], Can Read Yes, Can Write Yes, Attend School Yes.

1910 U. S. Federal Census (May 13): Oronoko Township, Berrien County, Michigan
Series: T624, Roll: 638, Part: 2, Page: 105B
Dwelling 241, Family 246

James Butka, Head, Male, White, Age 47, Marriage #2, # of years of present marriage 1, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Rust.-Bohemian, Mother's Birthplace Rust.-Bohemia, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Farmer - General Farm, Working O.A. (Own Account), Can Read & Write Yes, Own Home, Mortgaged, Farm, # of farm schedule 194.

Lottie E. Butka, Wife H, Female, White, Age 44, Marriage #1, # of years of present marriage 1, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None, Can Read & Write Yes.

Daisy Butka, Daughter, Female, White, Age 21, Single, Birthplace Nebraska, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Student - At School, Can Read & Write Yes, Attend School, Yes.

Leslie Butka, Son, Male, White, Age 20, Single, Birthplace Nebraska, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None - Home Farm, Can Read & Write Yes, Attend School, Yes.

Lawrence Butka, Son, Male, White, Age 18, Single, Birthplace Nebraska, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None - At School, Can Read & Write Yes, Attend School, Yes.

Hersel Butka, Son, Male, White, Age 15, Single, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None - At School, Can Read & Write Yes, Attend School, Yes.

Letha Butka, Daughter, Female, White, Age 9, Single, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None, Attend School Yes.

1910-1911: Hersel Eugene Butka began working his way through school in Keene Industrial Academy in Keene, Johnson County, Texas, graduating in 1911.
His job there was in the school broom shop.
His brother Leslie Harrison Butka was there too and also worked in the broom shop.
Hersel colporteured (sold books door-to-door) in Texas. He spoke Spanish, which helped in this area.
He obtained his Masters of Science degree.

6-10-1911: Age 16 - Went to Mexico as a Salesman:

1911 - 1912: Hersel and Leslie next took premedical training at Emmanuel Missionary College at Berrien Springs, Berrian County, Michigan.

"BUREAU OF CITIZENSHIP
APR 6 1912
DEPT. OF STATE
(FORM NO. 210-CONSULAR,)
(Corrected April 22, 1910.)
Ack’d (a-5) Apl. 9, 1912. W.
31703
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF AMERICAN CITIZEN.
I, John C. Allen Deputy Consul General of the United States of
America at Monterey Mexico, hereby certify that Hersel Butka
is registered as an American citizen in this consulate. He was born Dec 9, 1894 at Waukomis, Okla., and as a citizen of the United States by birth.
He left his residence in the United States on June 10, 1911
and arrived in Mexico on July 2, 1911, where he
is now residing for the purpose of Salesman. He is single.
He has the following children: X
His local address is Bolivar 48, Monterey, N. L. [Nuevo Leon,] Mexico.
The person to be informed in case of death or accident is James Butka
Keene, Texas, USA.
His citizenship of the United States is established by evidence of having
been born in the United States of America of American parents.
This certificate is not a passport and its validity expires on March 18, 1913.
The following is a signature of Hersel Butka.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed
my seal of office.
/s/ John C. Allen
American Consul General
Deputy Consul General"

1911 - 1912: Residence in *****, Mexico.
3-19-1923: U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925:
"I have resided outside the United States at the following places and for the following periods:
xxxxxx Mexico, from 1911 to 1912
With A. E. F. France, from Sept. 1918 to July 1919.

1912: Moved to California (See his Obituary).

1915: U.S. City Directories (Beta), California, p. 42: Father James and three sons in Loma Linda, CA:
Publication Title: Moore's Directory of Redlands Mentone, Crafton and Mission Valley Containing a Record of all Business Houses and Private Citizens, a List of all Trades and Professions, Pursuits, City Officials, Churches, Schools, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Clubs, Parks, Drives and Street Directory
"Butka Hersel student P O Loma Linda
Butka Jas ranchhd P O Loma Linda
Butka Laurence student P O Loma Linda
Butka Leslie student P O Loma Linda"

L. Aileen Butka provides:
Being Adventists, with their great emphasis on education, all five children of James Butka worked their way through academy and college. They lived in Enid, Oklahoma, where some of the children were born. This was near Keene, Texas where there was an Adventist school. At that time it wasn't a four-year college, but the girls earned teaching credentials, and the boys got enough pre-med to attend the now Adventist medical school in Loma Linda, California which was just opening.
Meanwhile, the children were struggling to get their education. All five were very bright, and hard workers. Mostly they earned their way through school by selling Bibles and Christian books--they became what we call colporteurs. My father, Hersel, had a talent for languages, and as he worked along the border of the U.S. and Mexico, he picked up Spanish--for the rest of his life people said he spoke Spanish just like a Mexican, no accent at all. My half-brother, Gary, has found evidence that he actually went into Mexico and sold books as far south as Monterey.
All three boys were accepted into medical school at Loma Linda, California, then called the College of Medical Evangelists (CME) (it became Loma Linda University Medical School in early 1960). Because most young Adventist students were poor, they were permitted to work their way through medical school by an interesting arrangement: They went to school for a month and then worked for a month. This continued for five years.
Hersel had taught himself to type, and was good with figures, so he was able to obtain what were then prime jobs as a secretary-clerk. During the school month he often worked nights also. I asked him once how he could keep up his grades and work so many hours. He said that he really listened in class, absorbing all he heard, and thus needed only a brief review in the textbooks for exams.
All three Butka boys graduated and became "physicians and surgeons". The oldest, Leslie, and his brother Lawrence, both graduated in the second class of CME, in 1917 [sic - 1916]. Hersel graduated in the third class, in 1918 [sic - 1917], and married a pretty brunette named Mabel Wirt, a fellow medical student, who graduated in the fourth class, in 1919 [sic - 1918]. Surprisingly, about half the students in Mabel's class were women. Much later I asked my mother why she and quite a few other women took medicine way back then, because in my time very few did so. There were only four girls in my class of 88 medical students. She said it was because Mrs. White encouraged women to take medicine, she had emphasized more women doctors were needed.

1916 & 1917: California, Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969
Record Date: 1913-1939
Record Place: California, USA
Occupation: Medical Examiner
Dates: 1916 & 1917 & 1918 & 1919 [3 brothers and youngest brother's wife]

Record Book: Board of Medical Examiners Register of Licensed Physicians and Surgeons 1901-1939, Vol. F3760 92-93
Microfilm Roll No. 2 (May 29, 1990)

Name: Butka, Lawrence James
Address: Los Angeles, Cal.
Diploma From: Coll. Of Medical Evangelists
State: Cal.
Date of Graduation: June 15, [19]16
Certificate Granted: Sept. 7, [19]16
Remarks: A02128

Name: Butka, Leslie Harrison
Address: Middleton, New York
Diploma From: Coll. Of Medical Evangelists
State: Cal.
Date of Graduation: June 15, [19]16
Certificate Granted: Sept. 7, [19]16
Remarks: A02129

Name: Butka, Hersel E.
Address: Los Angeles, Cal.
Diploma From: Coll. Of Medical Evangelists
State: Cal.
Date of Graduation: May 31, [19]17
Certificate Granted: July 9, [19]17
Remarks: A02328

1917: Board of Medical Examiners: List: Page 54:
Line: 3219
Name: Butka, Hersel E.
Type: A

1918: Applicant - Board of Medical Examiners: Page 84:
Record Book: Board of Medical Examiners Register of Licensed Physicians and Surgeons 1901-1939, Vol. F3760 92-93
Microfilm Roll No. 2 (May 29, 1990)
"Line: 4552
Name: Wirt-Butka, Mabel
Type: A
Other: 85"

11-28-1919: Applicant - Board of Medical Examiners:
Name: Butka, Mabel Wirt
Address: L.A. [Los Angeles, CA]
Diploma From: College of Medical Evangelists
State: Loma Linda, Cal.
Date of Graduation: May 30, [19]19
Certificate Granted: Nov. 28, [19]19
Remarks: A02766

m. (1) 31 Dec 1916: Hersel Eugene Butka married Mabel Margaret Wirt on Sunday, December 31, 1916, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. They eloped.
1-1917: At home at 1614 Pleasant Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA.

Wedding Announcement:
"Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rush Wirt
announce the marriage of their daughter
Mabel Margaret
to
Mr. Hersel Eugene Butka
on Sunday, the thirty-first of December
one thousand nine hundred and sixteen
Los Angeles, California
At home
after the tenth of January
1614 Pleasant Avenue"

1-20-1916 [should be 1917]: Letter from Hersel E. Butka to sister-in-law Ethel T. Wirt (Swaynie) excerpts about wedding - honeymoon:
[Residence] 1614 Pleasant Ave., Los Angeles, CA.
[About their marriage so maybe letter was actually in 1917 and he was used to writing 1916 still] "Needless to say we are happy, just three weeks tomorrow and no signs of it wearing off, only we seem to be getting worse instead of better fast...proud of you and your family...in Indiana...."
"Suppose Mabel has told you of all our experiences on the little trip we had after the wedding, such a pleasant & happy little time we had and then, come back and get right at our work again. I think we will have to have a few more such trips to make it complete. Suppose after I go back to Loma Linda for the reviews and then State Board we will have to have a real Honeymoon then. But we are happy and really love each other and are just "sweethearts" and no one can talk."

Hersel commented often that he liked women to have a little meat on their bones and that's why he got Mabel. [Per L. Aileen Butka].

1912 - 1917: In 1916 [sic - 1917] he was graduated from the medical course at what is now Loma Linda, as a member of its third graduating class which became known for its large number of missionaries serving around the world.
When he attended The College of Medical Evangelists, later called Loma Linda University Medical Center, in Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, California, he was one of the youngest students to begin medical studies. The first year he was so young he wasn't officially accepted. He graduated with a M.D. degree. He was in the third medical class ever to begin [1917] along with his brother Leslie [sic - Leslie graduated a year earlier in 1916 with brother Lawrence] (and his wife, Mabel, was in the fourth class [1918]). Location: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

May 1917: Graduated from Medical School - College of Medical Evangelists - then was drafted the "next" day. [Per story he told his son Gary Butka. Graduated in 1917 confirmed per SDA Obituary & LLUMC records.]

6-5-1917: WWI Draft Registration Card A 1917-1918
Dist. 16, Los Angeles City/County, California
Form 1, 2605, Registration Card 355, No. 189
Name: Hersel E. Butka
Age in Years: 22
Address: 1614 Pleasant, Los Angeles, Cal.
Date of Birth: Dec. 9, 1894
Citizenship: Natural born citizen
Where born: Waukomis, [Garfield County,] Oklahoma, USA
Occupation: Medical physician 28
Employer: College of Medical Evangelists
Where Employed: Boyle Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.
Nearest Relative/Dependent: Wife
Status: Married
Race: Caucasian
Military Service: None. Branch: None.
Claim Exemption? Yes - Intern
Signed: Hersel E. Butka, M.D.
Height: Medium
Build: Medium
Eyes: Gray
Hair: Brown
Bald: No
Has person lost arm, leg, hand, foot, eye, or both eyes or is he otherwise disabled: No
Signature of Registrar: L. L. Cardwell
Registration Place: Precinct 122, Los Angeles, Cal.
Date: 6/5/17

1917-1919: Hersel Eugene Butka was drafted during WWI as a U.S. Army Medical Corps Surgeon and served in France, about 60 miles behind enemy lines in tents.

Hersel served in the U.S. Army as a Medical Doctor during World War I, mostly in France (Sept. 1918 to July 1919 [see U.S. Passport Appl.]). I was unable to get a copy of his military records (they claimed they burned).

"BUTKA, Hersel Eugene"
"Commd. Lieut., Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917; served overseas 1918-1919." (Who's Who).

9-14-1918:
U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939
Name: Hersel E Butka
Departure Date: 14 Sep 1918
Departure Place: New York
Residence Place: Lafayette, Indiana
Address: 226 Grant St
Next of Kin: Mrs Mabel W Butka
Relationship: Wife
Ship: Louisville
Rank: 1st Lieu MC
Notes: Unit No 62 Camp Crane Exceptional Replacement (Medical)
"HEADQUARTERS PORT OF EMBARKATION, HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY
PASSENGERS LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS AND CA**ALS"
"No. 4 BUTKA, HERSEL E. 1ST LIEUT. M.C. MRS. MABEL W. BUTKA WIFE 226 GRANT ST., LAFAYETTE, IND."

6-17-1919:
U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939
Name: Hersel E Butka
Departure Date: 17 Jun 1919
Departure Place: Saint Nazaire [France]
Arrival Date: 28 Jun
Arrival Place: Newport News, Virginia
Residence Place: Los Angeles, California
Address: 1955 New Jersey St
Next of Kin: Mrs Mabel W Butka
Relationship: Wife
Ship: Antigone
Military Unit: MC
Rank: First Lieutenant
"DUTY
OFFICER IN CHARGE OF CONVALESCENT DETACHMENT nO 236 ST. NAZAIRE
114 BUTKA HERSEL E 1ST LIEUT MC MRS. MABEL W BUTKA WIFE 1955 NEW JERSEY ST LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
AUTHORITY: PAR. 28, S.O. 167, S.O.S. HQ B.S.#1, FRANCE DATED JUNE 16, 1919.
EMBARKATION HOSPITAL, CAMP STUART, NEWPORT NEWS, VA.
/S/ HERSEL E. BUTKA, 1ST LIEUT. M.C."

10-30-1919:
U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939
Name: Hersel E Butka
Travel Date: 30 Oct 1919
Ship: Antigone
Rank: First Lieutenant
"LIST OF OFFICERS BY ORGANIZATION OR DETACHMENTS"
"CONVALESCENT DET. 3236.
Butka, Hersel E. 1st Lieut. M.C. Headquarters."
"RECEIVED THE ORIGINAL OF THIS PAPER. JUL 1 1919"

Sept. 1918 - July 1919:
3-19-1923: U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925:
"I have resided outside the United States at the following places and for the following periods:
xxxxxx Mexico, from 1911 to 1912
With A. E. F. France, from Sept. 1918 to July 1919.

Note: (www.wikipedia.org): "The American Expeditionary Forces or AEF were the United States Armed Forces sent to Europe in World War I. During the United States campaigns in World War I the AEF fought in France alongside British and French allied forces in the last year of the war, against Imperial German forces. The AEF helped the French Army on the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive (at Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood) in June 1918, and fought its major actions in the Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives in late 1918. Active May 3, 1917 - 1919."

Bet 5 Jun 1917 - July 1919: Mabel was pregnant and expecting a son. However, she miscarried prematurely (the fetus was miscarried at about four months) while Hersel was away in France working in the U.S. Army as a doctor. Mabel saved the fetus (who had club feet) in a jar to show Hersel when he returned home next.

1919 - 1929: They lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California where he taught at the White Memorial Hospital. He was employed as the head of Pathology at White Memorial Hospital for ten years.

1918: U.S. City Directories (Beta): Los Angeles, CA, p. 467:
Name: Hersel E Butka
Residence Year: 1918
Residence Place: Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Prof
Publication Title: Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1918
"Butka Hersel E prof College of Medical Evangelists h1614 Pleasant av"

1918: PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE: SDA Yearbook:
p. 81: CHURCH SCHOOL TEACHERS: "Mrs. Lotta Butka, Loma Linda, Cal."
p. 195: LOMA LINDA COLLEGE. Legal Title: "College of Medical Evangelists." Loma Linda, Cal. Chartered 1909. Assistants: "Hersel E. Butka, M. D."

1920: PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE: SDA Yearbook:
p. 227-228: LOMA LINDA COLLEGE. Legal Title: "College of Medical Evangelists." Loma Linda, Cal. Chartered 1909.
Associate and Assistant Professors: "H. E. Butka, M. D., Clinical Pathology"

1920: U.S. City Directories (Beta): Los Angeles County, CA, p. 603:
Name: Hersel E Butka
Residence Year: 1920
Street Address: 1955 New Jersey
Residence Place: Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Phys Rl
Publication Title: Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory
"Butka Hersel E phys r1955 New Jersey
" Mabel W Mrs. phys r1955 New Jersey"

1920: California, Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969:
Directory: Page: 19: Name and Address, County.
"[Star in Circle] Butka, Hersel E., L. A.____Los Angeles
[Star in Circle] Butka, Lawrence J., L. A.____Los Angeles
Butka, L. H., Sanitarium________________Napa
Butka, Mabel W., L.A.__________________Los Angeles"

1920 U. S. Federal Census (Jan. 13): District 247, Los Angeles Assembly District 66, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
House 1955 New Jersey Street, Dwelling 288, Family 315
Image: 27

Benjamin R. Wert [should be Wirt], Head, Own Home, Mortgaged, Male, White, Age 71, Married, Can Read & Write, Birthplace Ohio, Father's Birthplace Kentucky, Mother's Birthplace Kentucky, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Agent - Real Estate, Class of Worker Own Account, 735.

Minnie Wert [should be Wirt], Wife, Female, White, Age 61, Married, Can Read & Write, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Ohio, Mother's Birthplace Ohio, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.

Hersal [should be Hersel] Butka, son-in-law, Male, White, Age 24, Married, Can Read & Write, Birthplace Kansas, Father's Birthplace Kansas, Mother's Birthplace Kansas, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Physician - Hospital, Class of Worker W, 858.

Mabel Butka, daughter, White, Female, Age 22, Married, Can Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Ohio, Occupation Helper - Hospital, Class of Worker W, 936.

1922: California State Journal of Medicine, Vol. XX, No. 4, p. 148:
"New Members...Hersel E. Butka, Los Angeles"

1922: SDA Yearbook: PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE:
p. 169: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: LOMA LINDA COLLEGE: Legal Title: "College of Medical Evangelists." Loma Linda, Cal. Chartered 1909.
p. 170: "Hersel E. Butka, M. D., Clinical Pathology" [top of col. 2].
p. 170: Instructors: Mabel Butka, M. D., Laboratory Diagnosis" [bottom of col. 2]
p. 170-171: Instructors: Lawrence Butka, M. D., Medicine"

1923: SDA Yearbook:
p. 194: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: LOMA LINDA COLLEGE:
Legal Title: "College of Medical Evangelists." Loma Linda, Cal. Chartered 1909.
Members of the Executive Faculty:
p. 195: Los Angeles: "Hersel Butka"

3-19-1923: U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925:
Name: Hersel E. Butka
Birth Date: 9 Dec 1894
Birth Place: Columbus, Okla.
Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.
Passport Issue Date: 27 Mar 1923
Father Name: James Butka
Father's Birth Location: Iowa
Father's Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Passport Includes a Photo: Y
Source: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 (M1490)
"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF CALIFORNIA } ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES }
I, HERSEL E. BUTKA, a NATIVE AND LOYAL CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, hereby apply to the Department of State, at Washington, for a passport,
for myself and my wife, MABEL, age 27 yrs., born in Ill., married Dec. 1916.
I solemnly swear that I was born at COLUMBUS, in the State of OKLA, on or about the 9 day of Dec. 1894, that my father James Butka, was born in Iowa, and is now residing at Colorado Springs Colo."
"that I have resided outside the United States at the following places and for the following periods:
xxxxxx Mexico, from 1911 to 1912
With A. E. F. France, from Sept. 1918 to July 1919
and that I am domiciled in the United States, my permanent residence being at Los Angeles, State of Calif., where I followed the occupation of Physician & Surgeon.
My last passport was obtained from None.
I am about to go abroad temporarily; and I intend to return to the United States within indef.... {months/years} with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein; and I desire a passport for visiting the countries hereinafter named for the following purpose:
Panama, Columbia, Venezuela Business & Pleasure
Nicaragua, British Honduras, (Object of visit.)
Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti,
Cuba, Costa Rica, San Salvador,
Mexico, Ecuador.
I intend to leave the United States through the port of New Orleans sailing on board the [blank] on April 1923.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
Further, I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this allegiance freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: So help me God.
/s/ Hersel E Butka MD.
Sworn to before me this 19 day of Mar. 1923. By L. Cordes, Deputy Clerk."
DESCRIPTION OF APPLICANT.
Age: 27 Years.
Statute: 5 feet, 6 inches, Eng.
Forehead: high
Eyes: brown
Nose: straight
Distinguishing marks: ---
Mouth: mustached.
Chin: oval
Hair: med. brown
Complexion: med. fair
Face: oval
IDENTIFICATION.
Mar. 19, 1923
I, Arthur E. Coyne, solemnly swear that I am a native citizen of the United States; that I reside at Los Angeles, Calif.; that I have known the above-named Hersel E. Butka personally for 9 1/2 years and known him to be a native citizen of the United States; and that the facts stated in his affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
/s/ Arthur E. Coyne
Physician & Surgeon
312 North Boyle Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.
Sworn to before me this 19 day of Mar. 1923. By L. Cordes, Deputy Clerk.
Applicant desires passport be sent to the following address:
Dr. Hersel E. Butka
1900 New Jersey St.,
Los Angeles, Calif.
A signed duplicate of the photograph to be attached hereto must be sent to the Department with the application, to be affixed to the passport with an impression of the Department seal."
[Photo - of Mabel & Hersel E. Butka]
State of California } ss.:
County of Los Angeles }
Lawrence J. Butka, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is a citizen of the United States and resident of California;
that he is the Brother of Hersel E. Butka;
and that he has actual knowledge that Hersel E. Butka
was born at Columbus, Okla., on the 9 day of December, A.D. 1894.
/s/ Lawrence J. Butka
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 19 day of March, 1923.
James R. Voris, Notary, to and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California."

22 Aug 1923:
New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945
Arrival Date: 22 Aug 1923
Port of Departure: Bluefields, Nicaragua
Ship Name: Managua
Port of Arrival: New Orleans, Louisiana
National Archives' Series Number: T905_94

Name: Hersel E. Butka
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Married or Single: Married
Birthdate: December 9th, 1894
Birthplace: Columbos, Okla.
Address in the U.S.: Los Angeles, California

Name: Mabel W. Butka
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Married or Single: Married
Birthdate: March 26th, 1895
Birthplace: Saybrook, Ills.
Address in the U.S.: Los Angeles, California

1924: SDA Yearbook:
p. 202: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: LOMA LINDA COLLEGE:
Legal Title: "College of Medical Evangelists." Loma Linda, Cal. Chartered 1909.
Members of the Executive Faculty:
Los Angeles: "Hersel Butka"

1924: U.S. City Directories (Beta): Los Angeles County, CA, p. 613:
Name: Mabel Butka
Residence Year: 1924
Residence Place: Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Phys Rllll
Publication Title: Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory
"Butka Herschel E phys 1900 New Jersey
" Mabel phys 41900 New Jersey"

1924 & 1927: Hersel and Mabel had two children: Lelia Aileen (1924) and then Rozella Jean (1927). Both were born at the White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA and Hersel signed Aileen's birth certificate.

1925: Who's Who in American Medicine 1925: Published by Who's Who Publications, Inc., Broadway, NY. Author: Loyd Thompson; Winfield Scott Downs
"Hersel Eugene Butka" (Trying to get this record--probably duplicative of what is below).

1925: California, Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969
Residence Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1920
Page: 113
"Butka, Hersel E., 314 N. State st., Los Angeles, Coll. Of Med. Evang., Cal., 1917, (A-02328) 1917.
Butka, Lawrence J., 548 Mission dr., San Gabriel. Coll. Of Med. Evang., Cal., 1916, (A-02128) 1916.
Butka, Mabel W., 314 N. State st., Los Angeles. Coll. Of Med. Evang., Cal., 1918 (A-02766) 1919."

1926: California, Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969
Residence Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1920
Page: 119
"Butka, Hersel E., 1052 W. 6th st., Los Angeles, Coll. Of Med. Evang., Cal., 1917, (A-02328) 1917.
Butka, Lawrence J., 548 Mission dr., San Gabriel. Coll. Of Med. Evang., Cal., 1916, (A-02128) 1916.
Butka, Mabel W., 314 N. State st., Los Angeles. Coll. Of Med. Evang., Cal., 1918 (A-02766) 1919."

1926: SDA Yearbook:
p. 227: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: COLLEGE OF MEDICAL EVANGELISTS: Loma Linda, Cal. Chartered 1909:
Executive Faculty, Los Angeles: "H. E. Butka"

8-7-1926: Living at 314 N. State St., City, Los Angeles County, California, according to the information Mabel Margaret Wirt (Butka) gave for her father's death certificate.

1927: SDA Yearbook:
p. 241: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: COLLEGE OF MEDICAL EVANGELISTS: Loma Linda, Cal. Chartered 1909:
Executive Faculty, Los Angeles: "H. E. Butka"
p. 307: SANITARIUMS: WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: Cor. Boyle and Michigan Aves., Los Angeles, Calif.:
p. 307: Officers of Hospital: "H. E. Butka, M. D., Superintendent"
p. 307: Executive Medical Staff: "Hersel E. Butka, M. D., Chief of Department of Pathology"

April 1927: California and Western Medicine, article on p 467:
Chronic Appendicitis, a Study of 202 Consecutive Cases, by Hersel E. Butka.

1928: SDA Yearbook:
p. 260: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: COLLEGE OF MEDICAL EVANGELISTS: Loma Linda, Cal. Chartered 1909:
Executive Faculty, Los Angeles: "H. E. Butka"
p. 326: SANITARIUMS: WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: Cor. Boyle and Michigan Aves., Los Angeles, Calif.:
p. 327: Officers of Hospital: "H. E. Butka, M. D., Superintendent"
p. 327: Executive Medical Staff: "Hersel E. Butka, M. D., Chief of Department of Pathology:

24 Mar 1928: JAMA, Vol. 90, No. 12, p. 981: Approved Clinical Labs, Los Angeles, California:
"Clinical Laboratory of Drs. Evans, Butka and Pratt, 1052 W. 6th St., H. E. Butka, Director."

26 May 1928: JAMA, Vol. 90, No. 21, article excerpt on p. 1748:
Congenital Heart Defect.--In the case cited by Butka, the heart occupied the greater part of the left side of the chest, measuring 18 by 13 by 9 cm.... A survey of the observations in this case led Butka to conclude that this patient suffered from a congenital defect causing the entire blood supply to return from the lungs to the right side of the heart along with the vbenous blood from the superior and inferior vena cava. A portion of this blood passed through the patent foramen ovale and entered the systemic circulation. The symptoms caused by this condition were sufficiently mild to permit the patient's growth to adult life, thirty-one years; and to enable him to earn his living by a life of moderate activity at manual labor, and to support a wife and child."

June 1928: Obtained Masters Degree in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.

7-27-1928: Living at 1908 New Jersey Street, Los Angeles County, California, according to the information Mabel gave for her mother's death certificate.

1928: California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968
Name: Mrs Minnie Wirt
Residence Year: 1928
Street address: 1906 New Jeraey St, St
Residence Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Party Affiliation: Republican
Occupation: Hm
"Wirt Mrs Minnie, 1906 New Jersey st, at hm, R"
"Butka, Dr H E, 1908 New Jersey st, physcn, R
Butka, Dr Mabel W, 1908 New Jersey st, physcn, R"
[Note: Minnie is living next door to her daughter Mabel and son-in-law Hersel Eugene Butka.]

1928-29: Who's Who in California, p. xvii &193:
"BUTKA, Hersel Eugene, physician, pathologist, b. Columbus, Okla., Dec. 9, 1894; s. James and Charlotte (Fields) B.; M.D., Coll. Of Med. Evangelists, Loma Linda, Calif., 1917; m. Mabel Margaret Wirt (M.D)., of Illinois, Dec. 30, 1916; children-Lelia Aileen, Rozella Jean. Splst. in clin. Pathology, Los Angeles, 1917--; owner and med. dir. clin. Labs. of Drs. Evans, Butka and Pratt, L.A., 1924--; asso. Prof. clin. pathology and mem. bd. dirs. Coll. Of Med Evangelists; supt. White Memorial Hosp. & Clinic, 1927--; curator unclaimed dead, Southern Div. Calif. State Dept. Health. Author numerous professional papers. Commd. Lieut., Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917; served overseas 1918-1919. Fellow A.M.A.; mem. Calif. And L.A. Co. med. Assns. Republican. Seventh Day Adventist. Home: 1908 New Jersey St. Office: 1052 W. 6th St., Los Angeles."

13 Apr 1929: JAMA, Vol. 92, No. 15, p. 1304:
California and Western Medicine, San Francisco....
Protozoal Infestations.--Butka is convinced that a high percentage of individuals are harboring one or more varieties of the intestinal protozoan parasites. Approximately 10 per cent of his series of patients harbored Endameba histolytica. Acetarsone is apparently a specific for the intestinal ameba. It is a powerful drug...."

1929: SDA Yearbook:
p. 270: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: COLLEGE OF MEDICAL EVANGELISTS: Loma Linda, Cal. Chartered 1909:
Board of Trustees: "H. E. Butka"
Executive Faculty, Los Angeles: "H. E. Butka"
p. 326: SANITARIUMS: WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: Cor. Boyle and Michigan Aves., Los Angeles, Calif.:
p. 327: Officers of Hospital: "H. E. Butka, M. D., Superintendent"
p. 327: Executive Medical Staff: "Hersel E. Butka, M. D., Asso. Prof. of Pathology"
p. 331: SANITARIUMS: LOMA LINDA SANITARIUM AND HOSPITAL: (Incorporated with College of Medical Evangelists): Loma Linda, Cal.: Established 1905:
Board of Directors: "Dr. H. E. Butka"
p. 337: SANITARIUMS: WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: Cor. Boyle and Michigan Aves., Los Angeles, Calif.:
Board of Trustees: "H. E. Butka"
p. 338: Officers of Hospital: "H. E. Butka, M. D., Superintendent"
Executive Medical Staff: "H. E. Butka, M. D., Chief of Department of Pathology"

Jun 1929 - 1932: Hersel took his family of four (Hersel, Mabel, Aileen, & Jean) to South America as an SDA medical missionary to the indians where Hersel headed the Chulumani, La Paz, Bolivia Hospital--the San Yungas Sanitarium and Hospital. Dec. 1931 Aileen became ill and Hersel returned to California, U.S.A. with his family. This is why the 1930 Census shows his family as absent. (Family in Bolivia 1929 - 1932 per Hersel's SDA obituary).

8-6-1929: H. E. Butka and family arrive in Bolivia. (South American Bulletin).

Chulumani Sanitarium and Hospital (Hospital Chulumani), Chulumani, Sud Yungas, Depto de La Paz, Boliva.

There is a story about Dr. Hersel's Butka's experience saving his own would-be assassin's life at Hospital Adventista in Chulumani entitled "Saved Twice" written by Delmer W. Holbrook and published in The Youth's Instructor, Oct. 21, 1958 (3 pages).

L. Aileen Butka provides:
After graduation, Hersel and Mabel lived in Los Angeles, where Hersel taught pathology to medical students for most of the next ten years. In those days, med-students took the first half of medicine in Loma Linda, and the rest at the White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, California, which was larger and better equipped for the students clinical work. Hersel's teaching was interrupted by army service in World War I, Hersel serving most of his time in France caring for the wounded. While he was gone, Mabel miscarried a baby boy.
Hersel resumed his work at the White Memorial Hospital (WMH), teaching, and working with Dr. Orlyn Pratt to set up the first well-equipped clinical laboratory, then an interesting side-light. Hersel was Medical Director of the WMH when Aileen was born, and thus her hospital birth certificate is signed by her father.
Both Lelia Aileen (1924) and Rozella Jean (1927) were born to Hersel and Mabel while they were at the WMH. In 1928 the couple received a call to mission service in Bolivia. The government had decided to build a hospital in a central village high in the mountains, and had asked the Adventists to supervise its building, and then take charge and operate it. Even at that early time, Adventists had a good reputation for operating hospitals.
Aileen, who was four and Jeannie still a baby, went with Hersel and Mabel and sailed to Peru. They traveled by train, boat, and bus-crossing Lake Titacaca-finally arriving in La Paz, the Capitol of Bolivia. From there, they traveled by mule back for three days to reach Chulumani. Mabel loved music and had brought her large upright piano. Carriers took it as far as the outskirts of La Paz and gave up, brining us only the piano stool!
While the hospital and our home were being built (about ¼ mile from town), Hersel opened an office in an adobe building downtown and we lived upstairs. My father frequently traveled to nearby villages, leaving the clinic to Mabel to run. Hersel said she did very well, even successfully delivering some complicated obstetrical cases.
Our home was soon finished and we moved up there. It was on a hill above the hospital and it was fun watching it being built. Mule trains (10-12 mules) would come in with doors, windows, and supplies. Jean and Aileen became fluent in Spanish, and preferred it to English when they played together.
[Aileen has written a very interesting story of their trials in Chulumani.]
In spite of their best efforts, Hersel and Mabel each lost more than 20 pounds (which they could hardly spare), and Jean and Aileen were soon skin and bones. After 3-1/2 years we were sent home to regain our health. On the way home, we stopped in Germany where Hersel picked up German and took a three-month refresher course in Medicine. This was 1931 and Hitler was just beginning to come to power.
The couple landed in the United States in the middle of the depression, and CME was unable to restore his job. So Dr. Hersel chose to settle in Pomona, California. He found a quadruplex and rented three of the apartments. One became Hersel and Mabel's office, another was where we all slept, and the upstairs one for everything else. At the exact same time another Adventist doctor opened an office next door! He was Dr. Iver Ritchie who pioneered Adventist medical work in Mexico.
After about two years, when we were all healthy again, Dr. Hersel applied to go back to the mission field. During physical exams, however, Aileen was found to have a spot of tuberculosis in one lung, so we could not go. Mabel received Ministry of Healing and put Aileen on an even stricter NEWSTART program. Within a year Aileen was healthy and well.
Hersel and Mabel devoted themselves to their practice, which prospered. Because of Dr. Hersel's fluency in Spanish, he had most of the Mexican population of Pomona and surrounding cities as patients. Soon Hersel rebuilt a burned-out church, and they had their own medical building. Hersel's oldest brother, Dr. Leslie Butka, had spent (2?) years of mission service in China, and had been forced to leave (barely escaped) by the takeover of the Communists. He joined Hersel and Mabel, and the Medical Building sign read, "Butka, Butka, Butka and Butka, Physicians and Surgeons."
Once the practice was well established, Mabel began to cut down her office hours to spend more time with the children. Aileen and Jean were able to finish nine grades at the Adventist church school in Pomona, then went as boarding students to La Sierra, 30 miles away, to finish Academy and begin college.
When Dr. Hersel returned from South America, his mother, Lucy Menefee, was recovering from an auto accident. Her [former] husband, Bill Menefee had died a few years before, and she wanted to move in and keep house and cook for us. This was her way of trying to make it up to Hersel for deserting him at 9 years of age. A still youngish, fun loving woman, she didn't want to be called Grandma, so hereafter she became "Nana" to all of us. These were wonderful years for Aileen and Jean-they dearly loved this "Grandma", the only one they'd known.

After that he moved to Pomona, Los Angeles County, California and built a medical building (known at the Butka Medical Building) where he worked with his brother, Leslie, and with his wife Mabel. Leslie's son-in-law, Chester Alcorn, worked there as well as other relatives. Several family pictures were taken on the steps of this medical building.

He was very active in the Seventh-Day Adventist church and spoke between services.

Hersel loved camping and often took Mabel and his two daughters, Aileen and Jean, camping in their trailer. They traveled across the USA twice, went to Yosemite, Sequoia, etc. Hersel also loved fishing at Lake Elsinore, CA with Jean, and Aileen accompanied them, but not to fish--she came along to read in the boat they owned.

Hersel got interested in shell collecting and over a three year period collected about 2,000-3,000 shells which he donated for display to La Sierra College (Riverside County, California).

1930: SDA Yearbook:
p. 233: SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION: BOLIVIA MISSION: Established 1907: Territory: Republic of Bolivia, South America: Churches: 8; members, 1,378: Telegraphic Address: "Adventista," La Paz, Bolivia: Postal Address: Casille, 355, La Paz, Bolivia, South America.: Office Address: Calle Recreo, No. 68:
p. 234: Missionary Licentiates: "Dr. H. E. Butka"
p. 283: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: COLLEGE OF MEDICAL EVANGELISTS: Loma Linda, Cal. Chartered 1909:
Board of Trustees: "H. E. Butka"
p. 346: SANITARIUMS: LOMA LINDA SANITARIUM AND HOSPITAL: (Incorporated with College of Medical Evangelists): Loma Linda, Cal.: Established 1905:
Board of Trustees: "H. E. Butka, M. D."
P. 353: SANITARIUMS: WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: Cor. Boyle and Michigan Aves., Los Angeles, Calif.:
Board of Trustees: "H. E. Butka"

1930: California, Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969
Record Date: 1930
Record Place: Sud Yungas
Occupation: Physician or Nurse
Directory: Page: 293: Licentiates in Other States-Continued:
"Butka, Hersel Eugene, Coll. Of Med. Evang., 1917 (A-02328) 1919. Chulumani, Sud Yungas, Bolivia.
Butka, Mabel Wirt, Coll. Of Med. Evang., 1918 (A-02766) 1919. Chulumani, Sud Yungas, Bolivia."

1930 U. S. Federal Census: St. Helena, Napa County, California;
Roll: 180; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 529.0.
District Surrounding Pacific Union College, Dwelling 214,

Family 221 (V. M. Hansen - Head),
Family 222 (Leslie Butka - absent),
Family 223 (Hersel Butka - absent)

Hersel Eugene Butka:
Hersel Butka, ab(sent), Brother in law, Does this Family Live on a Farm No, Male, White, Age 35, Married, Age at first Marriage 21, Attend School No, Able to Read/Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 86, Occupation Physician - Bolivia Hospital, Code 9294, Class of Worker W, Worked Last Regular Employment Day Yes, Veteran No.

Mabel Margaret Wirt (Butka):
Mabel Butka, ab(sent), Sister in law, Does this Family Live on a Farm No, Female, White, Age 35, Married, Age at first marriage 21, Attend School No, Able to Read/Write Yes, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 65, Occupation Physician - Bolivia Hospital, Class of Worker W, Worked Last Regular Employment Day Yes.

Lelia Aileen Ludington:
Aileen Butka, Niece, Does this Family Live on a Farm No, Female, White, Age 5, Single, Able to Read/Write No, Birthplace California, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Code 98, Occupation None.

Rozella Jean Butka:
Rosella J. Butka, Niece, Does this Family Live on a Farm No, Female, White, Age 3, Single, Able to Read/Write No, Birthplace California, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Code 98, Occupation None.

1931: SDA Yearbook:
p. 241: SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION: BOLIVIA MISSION: Established 1907: Territory: Republic of Bolivia, South America: Churches: 8; members, 1,378: Telegraphic Address: "Adventista," La Paz, Bolivia: Postal Address: Casille, 355, La Paz, Bolivia, South America.: Office Address: Calle Recreo, No. 295:
Officers: "Dr. H. E. Butka"
Missionary Licentiates: "Dr. H. E. Butka"

1932: SDA Yearbook:
p. 240: SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION: BOLIVIA MISSION: Established 1907: Territory: Republic of Bolivia, South America: Churches: 7; members, 1,679: Telegraphic Address: "Adventista," La Paz, Bolivia: Postal Address: Casille, 355, La Paz, Bolivia, South America.: Office Address: Calle Recreo, No. 295:
Officers: "Dr. H. E. Butka"
Missionary Licentiates: "Dr. H. E. Butka"

Jan. 1932: "Doctor and Mrs. H. E. Butka and children were visitors at the Division for several days during January. Doctors Butka will be remembered for their activities in the Yungas District of Bolivia. They were passing through Buenos Aires on their way to the United States via Europe. Although we were sorry to see them leave South America, we wish them 'Godspeed' and pray that they may continue to be a blessing in His cause." (South American Bulletin).

They traveled through Argentina, around Rio de Janeiro, & Germany for three months where Hersel took a post-graduate course and picked up quite a bit of the German language.
They lived in Berlin, Germany in the main SDA building with rooms upstairs for traveling missionaries to stay. (Per daughter Lelia Aileen Butka).

27 May 1932:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Arrival Date: 27 May 1932
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Deutschland
Search Ship Database: Search the Deutschland in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Lines 20-23

Husel Butka, Age 34, Male, Married, Birthplace Columbus, Okla., Birthdate 12/9/94, U.S.P[assport] 72869, Issuing State Wash., Date Issued 6/6/29, Residence in the U.S. 1988 New Jersey St., Los Angeles, Cal.

Mabel Butka, Age 37, Female, Married, Birthplace Saybrook, Illinois, Birthdate 3/27/95, U.S.P[assport] 72869, Issuing State Wash., Date Issued 6/6/29, Residence in the U.S. 1988 New Jersey St., Los Angeles, Cal.

Lelia Butka, Age 7, Female, Single, Birthplace Los Angeles, California, Birthdate 7/23/24, U.S.P[assport] 260, Issuing State Berlin, Date Issued 5/2/32, Residence in the U.S. 1988 New Jersey St., Los Angeles, Cal.

Rogella Butka, Age 4, Female, Singe, Birthplace Los Angeles, California, Birthdate 10/28/27, U.S.P[assport] 260, Issuing State Berlin, Date Issued 5/2/32, Residence in the U.S. 1988 New Jersey St., Los Angeles, Cal.

1932: Returned from SDA Missionary work in Chulumani, Bolivia to live in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.

1933: CA Occupation Lic. Regis. & Dir., Los Angeles Co.
"Butka, Hersel Eugene, Coll. Of Med. Evang., Loma Linda, Cal., 1917 (A-02328) 1917. 411 E. Holt, Pomona.
Butka, Lawrence J., Coll. Of Med. Evang., Loma Linda, Cal., 1916 (A-02128) 1916. 1315 E. Main st., Alhambra.
Butka, Mabel Wirt, Coll. Of Med. Evang., Loma Linda, Cal., 1918 (A-02766) 1919. 411 E. Holt, Pomona.

1934: U.S. City Directories (Beta), Pomona, CA, p. 53:
Name: Hersel E Butka
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1934
Street Address: 411 E Holt av
Residence Place: Pomona, California
Occupation: Phys
Spouse: Mabel W Butka
Publication Title: Los Angeles Directory Co's Pomona (California) City Directory
"Butka Hersel E (Mabel W) phy 411 E Holt av
Butka Mabel W Mrs phy 411 E Holt av"


8-14-1934: North Pacific Union Gleaner:
Article on Malta Fever by Hersel E. Butka, M.D. will be in the September issue.

1935: Residence: 255 Monroe, Pomona City Ward 4, San Jose Twp., Los Angeles County, California. (1940 Census).

1935: CA Occupation Lic. Regis. & Dir., Los Angeles Co.
"Butka, Hersel Eugene, b'94; Calif.12, '17; l'17-395 E. Holt, Pomona
Butka, Lawrence J., b'91; Calif.12, '16; l'16-1315 E. Main, Alhambra
Butka, Mabel Wirt, b'95; Calif.12, '18; l'19-395 E. Holt, Pomona"
[Note: Birth Year = 1994/1991/1995; School Calif.12 = College of Medical Evangelists; year of graduation = 1917/1916/1918; year of license = 1917/1916/1919].

Apr. 1936: "Of course, we were all disappointed that Doctor Butka could not come [back to Bolivia] because of the health of their child."

6-30-1936: Letter from Hersel: Hersel and Mabel borrowed $2,642.50 from her sister, Ethel T. Wirt (Swaynie) to start up their medical practice and buy equipment. He repaid this loan (interest only) and wrote a new note for $2,700 at 6% interest 7-1-1937 (increasing the 4% interest rate).

Lelia Aileen Butka provides:
At the second Holt Avenue home Hazel was hired as a receptionist by Hersel and Mabel. She was very sweet and nice. After some time Hersel and Mabel rented her a room upstairs. Nana (Lucy C. Fields) also had a room. And then Aileen and Jean shared a room. They had more room there and Hersel would do tonsillectomies and other minor surgeries at home and put the people in his daughters rooms to recover.
After returning from South America, Mabel and Hersel worked through the depression. Then after they acquired the medical building Hersel would comment how she was a good doctor and well-liked, but she always preferred to do things with the children.
After they moved Mabel hired other people. One time she hired a 16-year-old girl to help out who Aileen and Jean wanted to play with them, but she wouldn't.
Mabel also always fed the hobos on the back porch and steps and brought them out food.
Hersel would say, "If you hold out your hand a bird might light on your hand. If you close your hand, the bird will want to get away. It's the same with friends, if you hold on too tight."

7-10-1936, according to the Pomona Progress-Bulletin Newspaper, Dr. H. E. Butka (senior elder and acting head of the church council) announced the purchase of the old First Methodist church building at Third and Gordon Streets by the local Seventh-day Adventist Church, with its first services to be held the next day. The church cost $5,000, which was about the price of the pipe organ. They called it "Butka's Folly" because he was the one who promoted the purchase, and they were skeptical it was a deal because it was so old (having been built between 1877 and 1909). Hersel donated most of the purchase price. In 1988, that church is the oldest Protestant church building in the Pomona Valley, the oldest public building in the city, and is designated a city historical landmark. The church's tubular pneumatic pipe organ was shipped around Cape Horn and installed in the church in 1888. On 11-1-2004 the City of Pomona voted to approve historic landmark status for the Pomona Adventist Church according to the January 2005 Adventist Review.
See also, Recorder, 5-16-1988 article.
[Note: This SDA Church is on the corner of West Third Street & South Gordon Street., Pomona, Los Angeles Co., CA.]

1937: U.S. City Directories (Beta), Pomona, CA, p. 71:
Name: Hersel E Butka
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1937
Street Address: 396 E
Residence Place: Pomona, California
Spouse: Mabel W Butka
Publication Title: Pomona, California, City Directory, 1937
"Butka Hersel E (Mabel W) (Butka, Morel & Butka) h395 E Holt av
Butka Mabel W (Butka, Morel & Butka) r395 Holt av
Butka Medical Building 195 E Monterey av
BUTKA, MOREL 7 BUTKA (H E and Mabel W Butka, Elton L Morel) Physicians and Surgeons, 195 E Monterey Av, Tel 1744"

1938 CA Voter Registration, Los Angeles Co., Roll 42:
"Butka, Hersel E, 255 Monroe st......................physician, R
Butka, Mrs Mabel W, 255 Monroe av..............physician, R"
"Menefee, Mrs Lucy C, 255 Monroe av................housewife, D"

1939: The Butka family (Hersel, Mabel, Aileen, & Jean) went to the New York World's Fair and also the San Francisco, CA World's Fair. While near New York, they kept their trailer in New Jersey and ferried across the river to see the fair.

Hersel had severe hay fever and sweated profusely at night leaving the bed wet, but Mabel never complained. He also kept a machine in the window to bring in clean, filtered air to reduce pollens. According to his daughter Aileen, Hersel had bone deafness.

1940: U.S. City Directories (Beta), Pomona, CA, p. 67:
Name: Hersel E Butka
Residence Year: 1940
Street Address: 255 Monroe
Residence Place: Pomona, California
Publication Title: Pomona, California, City Directory, 1940
"BUTKA, BUTKA & BUTKA (H E, L H and Mabel W Butka) Physicians and Surgeons, 195 E Monterey Av, Tel 1744
Butka Hersel E (Butka, Butka and Butka) r255 Monroe
Butka Leslie H (Irene M) (Butka, Butka and Butka) h270 Garfield
Butka Mabel W (Butka, Butka and Butka r255 Monroe
Butka Medical Building 195 E Monterey"

1940: SDA Denomination Directories Yearbook:
p. 129: MEXICAN UNION MISSION:
p. 129: Executive Committee: "H. E. Butka"
p. 129: Credentialed Missionaries: "H. E. Butka"
p. 129: Licensed Missionaries: "Mrs. H. E. Butka"
p. 249: MEXICAN AGRICULTUREAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL: Apartado 16, Montemorelos, N. L., Mexico:
p. 249: Board of Directors: "H. E. Butka"
p. 249: Local Board: "H. E. Butka"
P. 279: MONTEMORELOS HOSPITAL AND SANITARIUM: Established 1946:
p. 279: Board of Trustees: "H. E. Butka, Secretary"
p. 279: Local Board: "H. E. Butka, Vice-Chairman"
p. 279: Medical Superintendent: "H. E. Butka"
WORKERS' DIRECTORY:
The names of ordained and licensed ministers and workers holding missionary credentials appear in this list. Licensed ministers are indicated by (l), missionary credential workers by (m), and Bible instructors by (b):
p. 349: "Butka, H. E. (m), Vallarta Sur 644, Monterery, N. L., Mexico."
INSTITUTIONAL WORKERS INDEX:
In the following index are given the names of workers listed in the Educational, Food Companies, Publishing, and Medical sections of the Yearbook…and M for Medical…a physician, Mp….
p. 435: "Butka, H. E., Mp, Mexico, 279"

1940: CA Occupation Lic. Regis. & Dir., Los Angeles Co.
"Butka, Hersel Eugene; Calif.12,'17; (A-02328) l'17-195 E. Monterey st., Pomona
Butka, Lawrence J.; Calif.12,'16; (A-02128) l'16-1315 E. Main, Alhambra
Butka, Leslie Harrison; Calif.12,'16; (A-02129) l'16-195 E. Monterey st., Pomona
Butka, Mabel Wirt; Calif.12,'18; (A-02266) l'19-195 E. Monterey st., Pomona"

1940 U. S. Federal Census (April 16): Pomona City Ward 4, San Jose Twp., Los Angeles County, California
S.D. No. 12, E.D. No. 19-733A (Page 2)
255 Monroe, Household No. 24, Own Home, Value of Home $6,000, Live on a Farm No,
Name of each person whose usual place of residence on April 1, 1940, was in this household:

Hersel Butka, Head, Male, White, Age 45, Married, Attended School No, Highest Grade Completed College 5, Code 80, Birthplace Oklahoma, Code 86, Residence on 4-1-1935 Same place, On a Farm No, Code X0X0, At work March 24-30 Yes, -, -, -, -, Code 33, Occupation Physician Surgeon - Private Practice, Employer, Code V32 92 3, # of weeks worked in 1939 - 52, Income in 1939 - 0, Other than money income in 1939 - Yes.

Mabel Butka, Wife, Female, White, Age 45, Married, Attended School No, Highest Grade Completed College 5, Code 80, Birthplace Illinois, Code 61, Residence on 4-1-1935 Same place, On a Farm No, Code X0X0, At work March 24-30 Yes, -, -, -, -, Code 6, Occupation Physician - Private Practice, Own Account, Code V32 92 4, # of weeks worked in 1939 - 52, Income in 1939 - 0, Other than money income in 1939 - Yes.

Aileen Butka, Daughter, Female, White, Age 15, Single, Attended School Yes, Highest Grade Completed High Scho