Published in the Rochester(IN) Sentinel
Wednesday, December 22, 1965
Thomas Ray BUTTS, 81, 1017 Main street, died Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. shortly after his admission to Woodlawn hospital. He had been in ill health the past year. Born Oct. 5, 1884, near Macy, he was the son of Samuel and Martha FITES BUTTS and had lived here 14 years, moving from South Dakota. His marriage was at Sioux Falls, S.C., on Dec. 27, 1916, to Bessie HELGERSON, who survives. Mr. Butts was a retired Pennsylvania railroad employee, was a life member of the Manitou Moose lodge and a member of Modern Woodmen of America. Also surviving are three sons, Bliss [BUTTS], South Bend; Keith [BUTTS[, Carbondale, Ill., and Clifford [BUTTS], Parma, O.; one daughter, Mrs. James (Esther) SHIMER, Portland, Ore; two brothers, Warren (BUTTS], Deedsville, and Bliss [BUTTS], Boca Raton, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Glee FITES, Macy, and Mrs. Hazel WIBEL, Peru; ten grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. A daughter preceded in death. Last rites will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Graham MARSH officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after Thursday noon.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1965
by Jean C. n Wendell C. Tombaugh
Wednesday, December 22, 1965
Thomas Ray BUTTS, 81, 1017 Main street, died Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. shortly after his admission to Woodlawn hospital. He had been in ill health the past year. Born Oct. 5, 1884, near Macy, he was the son of Samuel and Martha FITES BUTTS and had lived here 14 years, moving from South Dakota. His marriage was at Sioux Falls, S.C., on Dec. 27, 1916, to Bessie HELGERSON, who survives. Mr. Butts was a retired Pennsylvania railroad employee, was a life member of the Manitou Moose lodge and a member of Modern Woodmen of America. Also surviving are three sons, Bliss [BUTTS], South Bend; Keith [BUTTS[, Carbondale, Ill., and Clifford [BUTTS], Parma, O.; one daughter, Mrs. James (Esther) SHIMER, Portland, Ore; two brothers, Warren (BUTTS], Deedsville, and Bliss [BUTTS], Boca Raton, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Glee FITES, Macy, and Mrs. Hazel WIBEL, Peru; ten grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. A daughter preceded in death. Last rites will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Graham MARSH officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after Thursday noon.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1965
by Jean C. n Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in the Rochester(IN) Sentinel
Wednesday, December 22, 1965
Thomas Ray BUTTS, 81, 1017 Main street, died Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. shortly after his admission to Woodlawn hospital. He had been in ill health the past year. Born Oct. 5, 1884, near Macy, he was the son of Samuel and Martha FITES BUTTS and had lived here 14 years, moving from South Dakota. His marriage was at Sioux Falls, S.C., on Dec. 27, 1916, to Bessie HELGERSON, who survives. Mr. Butts was a retired Pennsylvania railroad employee, was a life member of the Manitou Moose lodge and a member of Modern Woodmen of America. Also surviving are three sons, Bliss [BUTTS], South Bend; Keith [BUTTS[, Carbondale, Ill., and Clifford [BUTTS], Parma, O.; one daughter, Mrs. James (Esther) SHIMER, Portland, Ore; two brothers, Warren (BUTTS], Deedsville, and Bliss [BUTTS], Boca Raton, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Glee FITES, Macy, and Mrs. Hazel WIBEL, Peru; ten grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. A daughter preceded in death. Last rites will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Graham MARSH officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after Thursday noon.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1965
by Jean C. n Wendell C. Tombaugh
Wednesday, December 22, 1965
Thomas Ray BUTTS, 81, 1017 Main street, died Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. shortly after his admission to Woodlawn hospital. He had been in ill health the past year. Born Oct. 5, 1884, near Macy, he was the son of Samuel and Martha FITES BUTTS and had lived here 14 years, moving from South Dakota. His marriage was at Sioux Falls, S.C., on Dec. 27, 1916, to Bessie HELGERSON, who survives. Mr. Butts was a retired Pennsylvania railroad employee, was a life member of the Manitou Moose lodge and a member of Modern Woodmen of America. Also surviving are three sons, Bliss [BUTTS], South Bend; Keith [BUTTS[, Carbondale, Ill., and Clifford [BUTTS], Parma, O.; one daughter, Mrs. James (Esther) SHIMER, Portland, Ore; two brothers, Warren (BUTTS], Deedsville, and Bliss [BUTTS], Boca Raton, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Glee FITES, Macy, and Mrs. Hazel WIBEL, Peru; ten grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. A daughter preceded in death. Last rites will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Graham MARSH officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after Thursday noon.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1965
by Jean C. n Wendell C. Tombaugh
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