Thomas Frank "Tom" Butler 1936-2006

BUTLER, SCHLICKMAN, HOWELL, PRIEST, GOEDERT, BAHL, KRUSE, FEIPEL, VILLHARD

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 10/7/2015 at 19:22:30

Thomas Frank "Tom" Butler, 69, of 5275 Valley Forge Drive, was called home to heaven at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006, at home, surrounded by his loving family

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, where friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today. Burial will be in the Asbury (Iowa) Cemetery. Friends also may call after 10 a.m. Friday at the church. The Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home, 2659 Kennedy Road, is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Butler worked at the former Dubuque Packing Co. for 42 years.

He was born on Dec. 10, 1936, in Dubuque, son of Lester and Celestine (Schlickman) Butler. He married Marilyn Howell in 1980.

He graduated from the former Loras Academy.

He was an active member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and had three loving pastors, the Rev. Kincaid, the Rev. Anderson and the Rev. Cearlock. He found such comfort in his church and church family and is now at rest in heaven.

He enjoyed golf and reading, but he got the most joy out of spending time with his loving wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and working at his church.

Tom was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather and a wonderful, loving brother. He is now in heaven with his beloved son, Randy. He will be missed by all.

Surviving are his wife, Marilyn Butler, of Dubuque; two children, Wendy (John) Priest, of Dubuque, and Connie (Denny) Goedert, of Bellevue, Iowa; a daughter-in-law, Connie Howell, of Dubuque; five grandchildren, Jamie (Dave) Bahl and Emalee (Mike Konzen) Goedert, both of Dubuque, Jay (Sara) Priest, of Warwick, N.Y., D.J. (Catana) Goedert, of Bellevue, and Todd (Tina) Priest, of Peosta, Iowa; three great-grandchildren, Kayla, Tristan and Lainie; and four siblings, Jim (Betty) Butler, Richard (Sandy) Butler, Connie (Bob) Kruse and Mary Lou (Larry) Feipel, all of Dubuque.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Randy Howell; and a sister, Bonnie Villhard.

In lieu of flowers, a Thomas Butler Memorial Fund has been established.

The family would like to thank the nurses and staff at Hospice of Dubuque for their loving care of Tom and support of the family, with a special thank-you to Amy.

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Thursday, August 17, 2006