Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Butcher, Roger October 3, 1973
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Patricia Blood pat.blood@gmail.com January 5, 2023, 7:54 am

Ionia Sentinel - Standard

Find Body of Youth of Saranac

Body of a 23-year old Saranac man was found in 15 feet of water in West Lake 
halfway between Greenville and Lakeview Wednesday afternoon following a boating 
mishap in Montcalm county.  Montcalm county deputies said the body was that of 
Roger Butcher, of Saranac, who with three others had been staying at the cottage 
of the parents of one of the four at West Lake.

According to the Montcalm officers the four decided to take a boat ride at 1:45 
am Wednesday but the boat capsized in the lake.  Officers said Butcher decided 
to swim to shore for help but became exhausted and sank.  The three others 
remained with the boat and were rescued.  They were Dale Courter, 18, and Jerry 
Veltman, no age, both of Saranac; and Paul Luna, no age, of Clarksville route 1.  
Montcalm county officers said they received a call about the accident about 4 am 
Wednesday.  The body of Butcher was found during dragging operations at 12:24 pm 
Wednesday. 

Funeral services will be held at Morris Roetman funeral home in Saranac at 2 pm, 
October 6.

Born in Ionia January 25, 1950, Roger was the son of Mr and Mrs Thane Butcher.  
He was a 1969 graduate of Saranac high school where he excelled in sports and 
named to all-conference groups for a couple of years.  He served in Germany with 
United States army during the Vietnam conflict.  Surviving is his wife, the 
former Donna Golombisky, to whom he was married July 19, 1969 in Saranac.  Other 
survivors include his parents, Mr and Mrs Thane Butcher; a brother Carl of 
Ionia; three sisters, Carol Chipman of Saranac, Sharon Prosser of Greenville and 
Joy Hopple of Eaton Rapids.

The body will be at the funeral home Thursday and Friday from 2 pm to 4 pm and 
from 7 to 9 pm.  Rev. James Frank of Galilee Baptist church will officiate at 
funeral services.  Burial will be at Saranac cemetery.


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/butcher44768nob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/

File size: 2.4 Kb