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Submitted: 12/29/15 • Approved: 1/14/16 • Last Updated: 3/29/18 • R781140-G0-S3
November 28, 1937 - February 15, 2010
*Obituary
White Funeral Home
Cassville, MO
Curtis Butler, age 72 of Washburn, Missouri passed away on Monday, February 15, 2010 at his home. Curtis, son of Claude and Vesta (Hoog) Butler was born in Thomas Hollow, Missouri on November 28, 1937. Curtis moved with his family to Porterville, California and became a genuine cowboy, who was very involved with the rodeo circuit and team roping. On November 3, 1956 he married Sharon Bennett in Porterville, California. Curtis worked as a carpenter most of his life. Curtis was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1971 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. In 1999 Curtis and his family moved back to Thomas Hollow and lived within 4 miles of his original birthplace until his passing. His love of children influenced his decision to become involved in the foster care system where he touched the lives of numerous children.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Sharon, of Washburn, Missouri; 5 daughters, Teresa Castleberry, and her husband, Jeff, of Bolivar, Tennessee, Edythe Lane, and her husband, Jack, of Wheaton, Missouri, Diana Butler, of Forsyth, Missouri, Cheyenne Butler, of Washburn, Missouri, and Lanie Butler, of Washburn, Missouri; 2 sons, Jack Butler and his wife, Sheila, of Tulare, California, and Phillip Butler of the state of Ohio; 3 brothers, Jack Hicks and Kenneth Laney, both of Porterville, California, and Ray Butler of Hanford, California; 16 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Ruth Davis.
A private immediate burial was held at Washburn Praire Cemetery in Washburn, Missouri. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, February 27th at 2:00 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Cassville, Missouri.
Contributed on 12/29/15 by wfields55
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