Waunita Aleene Butcher, lifelong Yale resident, passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2009 in the Stillwater Medical Center at the age of 85 years.
The daughter of the late William Esley Dawes and Martha Ann Wells Dawes, Aleene was born on August 7, 1923 in Yale where she was raised and educated.
She was united in marriage to Alvin Chester Butcher on April 15, 1938 and to this union three children, Rosalie, Fred and Nila were born. They were married for over 70 years prior to Alvin’s death on June 18, 2008.
Aleene was a member of the Yale Assembly of God Church; she enjoyed camping, fishing, cooking for her family and friends and crocheting.
Survivors include two children, Fred Butcher and his wife Linda of Yale and Nila Williams and her husband Gene of Maramec; one sister, Georgia Nathalie Dawes Amey of CO; 9 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
In addition to her parents and husband, Aleene was preceded in death by one daughter Rosalie Butcher Raper; one grandson, David Williams; one great-granddaughter Leslie Swart; eight brothers, Walter E. Dawes, Vernon L. Dawes, Luther Esley Dawes, James L. Dawes, Guy Herman, William Cullen Dawes, Paul Chancy Dawes and Clarence Allen Dawes and five sisters, Lutte Ann Dawes Duncan, Nellie May Dawes Miller, Neva Opal Dawes Knight Lewis, Lela Marie Dawes Harris Penney and Wauletta Irene Dawes.
Funeral services will be held Monday, March 2, 2009 at 2 P.M. in the First United Methodist Church of Yale with Brother Michael Dersham and Pastor John Marks officiating.
Burial will follow in the Ingalls Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2642 E. 21st Street, Suite 100, Tulsa, OK, 74114, or to the Friends of the Yale Public Library, 213 North Main, Yale, OK 74085 or to the Ingalls Cemetery perpetual care fund % of American Heritage Bank, Yale, OK 74085.
You may share your condolences with the Butcher family at www.davisfh.net.
Services are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Yale.
The daughter of the late William Esley Dawes and Martha Ann Wells Dawes, Aleene was born on August 7, 1923 in Yale where she was raised and educated.
She was united in marriage to Alvin Chester Butcher on April 15, 1938 and to this union three children, Rosalie, Fred and Nila were born. They were married for over 70 years prior to Alvin’s death on June 18, 2008.
Aleene was a member of the Yale Assembly of God Church; she enjoyed camping, fishing, cooking for her family and friends and crocheting.
Survivors include two children, Fred Butcher and his wife Linda of Yale and Nila Williams and her husband Gene of Maramec; one sister, Georgia Nathalie Dawes Amey of CO; 9 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
In addition to her parents and husband, Aleene was preceded in death by one daughter Rosalie Butcher Raper; one grandson, David Williams; one great-granddaughter Leslie Swart; eight brothers, Walter E. Dawes, Vernon L. Dawes, Luther Esley Dawes, James L. Dawes, Guy Herman, William Cullen Dawes, Paul Chancy Dawes and Clarence Allen Dawes and five sisters, Lutte Ann Dawes Duncan, Nellie May Dawes Miller, Neva Opal Dawes Knight Lewis, Lela Marie Dawes Harris Penney and Wauletta Irene Dawes.
Funeral services will be held Monday, March 2, 2009 at 2 P.M. in the First United Methodist Church of Yale with Brother Michael Dersham and Pastor John Marks officiating.
Burial will follow in the Ingalls Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2642 E. 21st Street, Suite 100, Tulsa, OK, 74114, or to the Friends of the Yale Public Library, 213 North Main, Yale, OK 74085 or to the Ingalls Cemetery perpetual care fund % of American Heritage Bank, Yale, OK 74085.
You may share your condolences with the Butcher family at www.davisfh.net.
Services are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Yale.
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