Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Butts, Minnie Myrtle January 7, 1964 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Luce pegsue59@cox.net March 15, 2007, 4:34 pm The El Dorado Times, January 9, 1964 The El Dorado Times January 9, 1964 MRS. MINNIE BUTTS PASSES JANUARY 7 Funeral services were held this Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Mrs. Minnie Myrtle Butts, 82, of Augusta, who died Tuesday morning in Allen Memorial hospital, El Dorado after an illness of several weeks. Rites were held in Dunsford Funeral Chapel with the burial in the Butts cemetery near Leon. Minnie Myrtle Pike, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pike, was born in Tonica, Ill., on October 7, 1881 and departed from this life on Tuesday, January 7, 1964, at the age of 82 years and 3 months. She was married to Gilbert Butts in the home of her parents east of El Dorado on October 6, 1901. Mrs. Butts and her husband resided on various farms, then moved to Wichita where they spent most of their married life. They lived on a farm near Leon, then moved to Augusta a few years ago, where she was residing at the time of her death. She was a member of the Leon Christian church. She is survived by her husband of the home; two sons, Gilbert and Feth of Wichita; six grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Two brothers, Oliver Pike, Rosalia, and Harry Pike, San Bernardino, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Nettie Menkeymeyer, Wichita. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/butler/obits/b/butts924ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb