Butler, Maxine Iona (1920 – 2013)

BUTLER, JAHNKE, MARXEN, STRAND, MCDONALD, LENGTAT, VOLKL, STENSTROM, CARDA, MALMBERG, CONKLIN, BUTLER

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/17/2013 at 23:41:46

Name of deceased: Maxine Iona Butler (nee Marxen)

Aged: 92 yrs, 11 mo, 20 days

Residence: Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, IA

Born: July 26, 1920, Lewis, IA

Died: July 15, 2013, Elk Horn, IA

Funeral services: Graveside, Thursday, July 18, 2013, Atlantic Cemetery, Atlantic, IA

Survived by: Daughter, Barb (spouse, Dallas) Strand of Atlantic; 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: husband, Robert Butler (deceased April 25, 1995, Atlantic, IA); son, Ron Butler; parents, Theodore Ludwig and Hazel Wilhelmina (nee Jahnke) Marxen; 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 Lewis High School as Salutatorian, Class of 1937

Marriage: Robert Butler, Nov. 27, 1937, United Methodist Church, Red Oak, IA

Employment: not indicated

Hobbies/Interests: Member, Christian Church in Atlantic, IA, and later attended St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Atlantic, IA. An avid reader, Maxine would read a book a day when she was able. She spent many hours studying her Bible; in her later years, Maxine developed an interest in biblical archeology and politics.

Source: hockenberryfamilycare.com (Hockenberry Funeral Home)