OBITUARY: Winterset Madisonian - December 12, 1973. Funeral services for Wayne Butcher, a long-time farmer in the Zion community, will be held this Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Hill of Zion church. Mr. Butcher died this Monday, Dec. 10, at the Creston hospital. He was 67 years of age. He had retired from farming, but was an employee of the Orient Sale barn. Mr. Butcher is survived by his wife, Nellie; his mother, Mrs. Hazel Butcher of Macksburg; two sons, Landis Butcher of Des Moines and Lavelle Butcher of Glenwood, Iowa; three daughters, Lois Allen of Logan, Iowa; LaVonne Alexander of Des Moines, and Lila Smith of Des Moines; nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Also surviving are five brothers, Vernon of Davis City, Iowa, Fred of Little Sioux, Iowa, Raymond of New Mexico, Frank of Indianola, and Bill of Orient; and three sisters, Betty Kiddoo of Winterset, Norma Garrett of Creston, and Donna Pettit of Florida. Officiating at the funeral this Thursday will be the Rev. Russell Hart of the Hill of Zion Church. Burial will be in the Zion Cemetery.
OBITUARY: Winterset Madisonian - December 12, 1973. Funeral services for Wayne Butcher, a long-time farmer in the Zion community, will be held this Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Hill of Zion church. Mr. Butcher died this Monday, Dec. 10, at the Creston hospital. He was 67 years of age. He had retired from farming, but was an employee of the Orient Sale barn. Mr. Butcher is survived by his wife, Nellie; his mother, Mrs. Hazel Butcher of Macksburg; two sons, Landis Butcher of Des Moines and Lavelle Butcher of Glenwood, Iowa; three daughters, Lois Allen of Logan, Iowa; LaVonne Alexander of Des Moines, and Lila Smith of Des Moines; nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Also surviving are five brothers, Vernon of Davis City, Iowa, Fred of Little Sioux, Iowa, Raymond of New Mexico, Frank of Indianola, and Bill of Orient; and three sisters, Betty Kiddoo of Winterset, Norma Garrett of Creston, and Donna Pettit of Florida. Officiating at the funeral this Thursday will be the Rev. Russell Hart of the Hill of Zion Church. Burial will be in the Zion Cemetery.
Family Members
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Vernon Roy Butcher
1903–1977
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Fred Butcher
1904–1977
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Willard Artie Butcher
1907–1964
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Raymond Harold Butcher
1911–1989
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Marion Frank Butcher
1915–1996
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William Gerald "Bill" Butcher
1918–1992
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Betty Jean Butcher Kiddoo
1924–1995
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PFC Edward Eugene "Bud" Butcher
1924–1945
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Norma Gwendolyne Butcher Garrett
1929–1991
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Donna Darlene Butcher Pettit
1933–2021
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