Butler, Bert Lynden (1880-1939)
BUTLER, BROADFOOT, RIPLEY, RINGLE
Posted By: Carl Malone (email)
Date: 5/29/2016 at 20:02:33
The Atlantic News Telegraph
Atlantic, Iowa
January 2, 1939HEART DISEASE PROVES FATAL TO WELL KNOWN MAN
Was Widely Known as Community Worker. Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrow.
This community is mourning the death of one of its most prominently known and best beloved citizens.
Death at 9:35 a.m. Monday, beckoned Bert L. Butler. He was 58 years old.
Mr. Butler, who through his enterprise and love for community service, became one of the best known men in southwestern Iowa, succumbed to heart disease in the Larsen hospital at Adair. During the last five years he had been ailing with the malady, and in that time had suffered several severe attacks.
Stricken On Train.
While en route to Des Moines on a Rock Island passenger train last Christmas morning, to spend the double holiday with his wife and son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Ripley, he suffered a severe heart attack just east of Anita and was removed to the Larsen hospital at Adair. For the first four days after entering the hospital, the prominent clothier remained in critical condition. He was believed well on the road to recovery when he was stricken again Monday morning.
Bert Butler was a part and parcel of this community during his entire life. He was active in the Chamber of Commerce, the farm bureau, the Masonic and Eastern Star lodges, the De Molays, the Rainbow Girls and the junior farm bureau organizations. Practically every 4-H club boy and girl, De Molay and Rainbow Girl knew Bert Butler as a real friend.
Born Here.
He was always prominently identified with the band festival programs and practically every other enterprise in Atlantic during the last twenty years.
Mr. Butler was born on a farm north of Atlantic on Aug. 20, 1880, a son of the late William and Francina Butler. He grew to young manhood on the farm. When 21 years of age he started working for the late Albert Johnson, a clothier. It was in 1912 that he purchased an interest in the Fred Steinke clothing store here and the business has since been operated under the name of Steinke & Butler.
Mr. Butler, at the age of 16, accepted Christ and attended the Assembly of Christians at Lyman.
Service Record.
He was past master of Pymosa lodge No. 271, A. F. & A. M.; a past patron ot Golden Rule chapter No. 196, Order of the Eastern Star; past president of the Iowa Clothiers association; served several years on the Atlantic fire department; was active secretary of the Atlantic cemetery board; served many years on the Atlantic library board; was “Dad” of the local chapter of Rainbow Girls; and director of the old Cass County Fair association.
Mr. Butler and Miss Maggie Broadfoot were united in marriage here on Jan. 1, 1904.
Survivors.
Survivors beside his widow include the daughter, Mrs. Aletha Ripley; a grandson, Randall Butler Ripley; two brothers, Emmett and E. O. Butler of Atlantic, and a sister, Mrs. G. W. Ringle, of Montebollo, Cal. A brother, J. B. Butler, died in 1923.
Funeral services will be held at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday at the local Methodist Episcopal church. Brother Cal Lindeman of Lyman, assisted by the Rev. L. E. Ripley of Emerson and the Rev. Claude W. [Remaining text missing from scan/clipping]
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