Mable in her room at Adam's Place in Ogden, Utah where she lived from 1987 until her death.
Lou and Leona lived near by and visited her everyday.
October 29, 1987 – we reserved a room for Mom Butler at Adam’s Place, which is an retirement/assisted living facility in Ogden. The cost will be $695/month and include everything except her long distance telephone calls. It looks even better now, and I’m sure it will be good for Mom.
September 29, 1988 – We drove to Denver to be with Jim for surgery on his wrist. The day following Jim's surgery (October 1, 1988) we got a call that my mother, Mable Elsa Davis Butler passed away at 9:15 a.m. She died of a massive stroke, very suddenly without illness or great suffering, for which we are grateful. Leona and I left immediately for Ogden.
We went to Adam’s Place, the retirement home where she had lived, and began to move her things out of the apartment. Her body had been shipped back to Pueblo already.
Mable's last journal entry September 30 - October 1, 1988
"Louis & Leona in Denver went to Denver to be with Jim when he is going to have his hand operated on. Louis Jr. came in & gave me popcorn [and a] jigsaw puzzle & told me to call if I didn't hear about Jim. His folks will call Louis & he will call me. So I'll wait!
October 6, 1988 – Mom’s funeral was today.
Although these "official" documents list her name as "Mabel", we know from her personal records that her name was in fact Mable. Leona says that's because her sons never could remember how to spell her name!
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