In Memory

 Respectful grandsons performing a final act of service for a much loved grandfather

July 30, 2005

Louis Butler

Louis Edward Butler, 82, of Greeley died Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at his home.

He was born March 16, 1923, in Haswell to Jesse L. and Mable E. (Davis) Butler.

On Nov. 17, 1943, he married Eleanor Leona Carpenter in Seattle.

Mr. Butler was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He grew up in Pueblo and served in the Navy during World War II. He was stationed in Adak in the Aleutian Islands. After his discharge, he went to college and graduated from Colorado State College of Education, now the University of Northern Colorado, with a master's degree in 1954. He also served in the armed forces in the Korean War. Afterward, he taught elementary school and was a principal for 33 years in Pueblo. After his retirement in 1983, he and his wife completed several missions for the LDS church, serving at the Haskell Junior College in Lawrence, Kan., and at LDS temples in Germany and Switzerland.

Mr. Butler was active in Boy Scouts for many years and received the Silver Beaver award for outstanding service.

Survivors are his wife, E. Leona Butler of Greeley; four sons, Louis E. Butler Jr. and wife Kaylene of Pleasant View, Utah, James A. Butler and wife Tesi of Colorado Springs, Charles T. Butler and wife Carol of Yuma, Ariz., and Donald E. Butler and wife Lynnette of Greeley; a sister-in-law, Charlotte I. Butler; 17 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are a niece, Beth Butler, and two nephews, Charles Butler and Gary Butler.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, J. Eldon Butler, Charles L. Butler and Delbert L. Butler.

Services will be at noon Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2116 23rd Ave., Greeley. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Greeley.

Friends may visit from 6:30-8 p.m. today at Stoddard Funeral Home and 11 a.m.-noon Saturday at the church. 

obituary posted in the Greeley Tribune, July 29, 2005