Butler, Maxine Iona (1920 – 2013)
BUTLER, MARXEN, STRAND, MCDONALD, VOLKL, STENSTROM, CARDA, MALMBERG, BUTLER, CONKLIN, JAHNKE, DECKER, MILLER
Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 7/24/2013 at 14:40:43
Name of deceased: Maxine Iona Butler (nee Marxen)
Aged: 92 yrs, 11 mo, 23 days
Residence: Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, IA
Born: July 26, 1920, Lewis, IA
Died: July 15, 2013, Elk Horn, IA
Funeral services: Graveside services held Thursday, July 18, 2013, Atlantic Cemetery, Atlantic, IA
Survived by: Daughter, Barb (spouse, Dallas) Strand of Atlantic, IA; grandchildren, Jennifer (spouse, Jeff) McDonald of Des Moines, IA, Paul (spouse, Stephanie Lengtat) Strand of Des Moines, IA, Jeff (spouse, Sara) Strand of Atlantic, IA and Shelly (spouse, Wayne) Volkl of Alburnett, IA; great-grandchildren, Drew Strand, Dalton, Levi McDonald and Kevin Stenstrom all of Des Moines, IA, Riley Strand of Atlantic, IA, Megan (spouse, Nick) Carda of Des Moines, IA and Rachel Volkl of Alburnett, IA; great-great-granddaughter, Emma Malmberg of Des Moines, IA; sister-in-law, Betty Conklin of Atlantic; brother-in-law, Bill Butler of Sun City, AZ.
Predeceased by: Parents, Theodore Ludwig and Hazel Wilhelmina (nee Jahnke) Marxen; husband, Robert Butler; son, Ron Butler; brother, Henry Marxen; parents-in-law, Minnie Butler and Roy and Hilda Butler; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Art and Phyllis Decker, Carl and Maxine Miller, Rex and Shirley Butler, Clifford Conklin Jr. and Ruthie Butler
Education: graduated from the Lewis (IA) High School as Salutatorian, Class of 1937
Marriage: Robert Butler, Nov. 27, 1937, United Methodist Church, Red Oak, IA
Employment: information not provided
Hobbies/Interests: Member, Christian Church, Atlantic, IA and later attended St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Atlantic, IA; avid reader, often reading a book a day; spent many hours studying her Bible, making entries of her thoughts in the margins. In later years, she had an interest in biblical archeology and politics.
Source: Hockenberry Funeral Home
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