BUTTOLPH, Merland Eugene 1924-2011

BUTTOLPH, RAINEY, CAMPBELL, BENTROTT, JENKS, LONG

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 10/15/2012 at 09:08:02

Merland Eugene Buttolph
May 7, 1924 – March 24, 2011

LOWDEN, IOWA — Merland Eugene Buttolph, 86, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011. Funeral services will be held at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton, on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Barbra Keiper officiating. A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Fry Funeral Home. Burial will be at Inland Cemetery, Bennett, Iowa. Casket bearers are Steven Bentrott, Rick Bentrott, Michael Kleppe, Brian Jenks, Butch Richlen and Rod Telsrow.

Merland was born May 7, 1924, in Mitchell County, Iowa. He was the son of Hoyt E. and Grace Lee Rainey Buttolph. He was a graduate of Bennett High School and the Tipton Community College. Merland served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. On September 5, 1947, Merland was united in marriage to Darlene Verlee Hollingsworth in Nashua, Iowa.

Merland retired as the Bennett Postmaster after 25 years of service. He was a member of Peace Church of Christ United, Bennett American Legion, Bennett Community Club, and the POW Group and a past member of the Bennett Volunteer Fire Department.

The highlight of Merland's life was his and Darlene's second home in Mesa, Arizona, where every Tuesday he would attend the East Valley Chapter of Prisoner of War meetings.

Merland is loved and survived by his wife, Darlene Buttolph of Lowden, Iowa; daughters, Mary (Bobbie) Campbell of Allen, Texas, and Sherry (Gary) Bentrott of Bennett, Iowa; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, son, Richard, granddaughter, Dawn, and sisters, Virginia Jenks and Betty Long.

[March 29, 2011 Quad City Times]

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