Theresa E. Butlett 1849-1940

BUTLETT, BURLETT, ENGELHARDT, NICKS, TIGGES, FLECKENSTEIN, KRESS, RUFF, BOTZET

Posted By: J. Nicks (email)
Date: 5/19/2006 at 14:43:32

Telegraph Herald
Dubuque, Iowa

Mrs. Theresa E. Butlett

Mrs. Theresa Butlett, 90, widow of Joseph J.(sic) Butlett, died Friday night at 11:30 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul Nicks, Centralia, where she had made her home for the past eight years. Mrs. Butlett was ill two weeks.

The body may be viewed after noon Sunday at the Hoffman mortuary, 1640 Main Street, from where the funeral will be held Tuesday morning to St. Mary’s Church, where a mass of requiem will be offered at 8:30 o’clock. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Mrs. Butlett was born Oct. 21, 1849, at Buffalo, N. Y., and came to Dubuque when she was 10 years old. She was a lifelong member of the Catholic faith and an attendant at St. John the Baptist Church at Peosta.

Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Anne) Fleckenstein and Mrs. Theresa Tigges, Dubuque, and Mrs. Paul (Regina) Nicks, Centralia; her sons, George Butlett; Mosalem Township, Lawrence Butlett, Durango, Anthony Butlett, Aurora, Ill., and John Butlett, Dubuque; her sisters, Mrs. Margaret Kess (sic- Kress) and Mrs. Lena Ruff, Dubuque; and 23 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, three sons, and two daughters, one of her daughters, Mrs. Catherine Botzet having died six weeks ago.

(Note: died January 19, 1940)

Mrs. Theresa Butlett Observes 90th Birthday

Mrs. Theresa Butlett celebrated her 90th birthday Thursday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul Nicks, Peosta, Ia.

Dinner was served, and Mrs. Butlett was given many gifts. Three other daughters who were present were Mrs. John Tigges, Sr., Mrs. Pete Botzett (sic), and Mrs. Joseph Fleckenstein, all of Dubuque.
Written on clipping: October 21,1939