Johanna (Arends) BUTLER

ARENDS, BUTLER, BOHLEN, HENSEL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/8/2013 at 15:50:42

May 21, 1882 --- February 20, 1928

Well known Hampton lady answers final summons at Lutheran Hospital Monday morning

Countless friends of Mrs. Johanna Arends Butler, beloved wife of Assistant Postmaster Edward E. Butler, were greatly shocked and grieved to hear of her death which occurred at the Lutheran hospital Monday morning, Feb. 20, 1928, at 9 o'clock.

Although relatives have known for several months that her health was failing, there was hope that she might regain her former freedom from disease. But this was not to be. Two weeks ago she was taken to the Lutheran hospital where a careful examination revealed that she was afflicted with cancer of the lungs and attending physicians knew that the end was near.

"To know Mrs. Butler was to love her" is the expression heard on every hand. Her warm heart and sweet, generous nature deprives her home of a most precious wife and mother.

Mrs. Butler, whose maiden name was Johanna Arends, was born May 21, 1882, at Ackley, Iowa, and when a small child came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Arends, to Alexander where she grew to womanhood, secured her education in the schools of that town, and on June 6, 1906, was married to Edward E. Butler. The young couple moved to Hampton in 1912, which has since been their home. This union was blessed with two sons, Edwin 14, and John 10, who with their father are left to mourn the death of a devoted wife and mother.

Mrs. Butler is also survived by her parents and two sisters, Mrs. Karl Bohlen and Mrs. Oscar Hensel, all of Alexander, and five brothers, Bennie Arends and John Arends, also of Alexander, and Rev. Sherman W. Arends and Grover C. Arends, of Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

The deceased had been a lifelong member of the Evangelical church. Fraternally she affiliated with several orders, including the Eastern Star, White Shrine and Pythian Sisters. While she was a favorite in social circles her time and attention was largely devoted to her home wherein she reigned supreme. She had hundreds of acquaintances in Franklin County who will be deeply grieved to hear of her passing away in the prime of life. Possessed of a cheery manner and happy disposition, she made friends and held them.

Funeral services, conducted by Rev. C. J. Barth of the Evangelical church, assisted by Rev. Wm. Drew, will be held from the Congregational church this Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Hampton cemetery.