Omaha Daily Bee, June 23, 1888, Page 4:
Mrs. Kate Butler, wife of Major E. Butler, Second infantry, who died on the evening of the 21st, inst, had been an invalid for over a year, but notwithstanding, her death was as sudden as it was unexpected.
Up to a year ago Mrs. Butler enjoyed remarkably good health with the exception of occasional attacks of neuralgia. The way in which her youthful bloom remained with her was a subject of remark among her old friends and acquaintances. She looked more like the sister than the mother of the oldest of her six sons.
Mrs. Butler was a native of New York, born on Long Island in 1840. She was only eighteen when she married, and no more blooming bride ever joined the Fifth infantry, her husband's old regiment. Before the days of the transcontinental railroads, she followed the drum with her husband in the long marches from Leavenworth to the lower Rio Grande, through Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.
She, with her husband marched across the plains through the camps of the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowas and Comanches, while she gladdened the hearts of the young savages who bounded along side the wagon in which she rode, with presents of sweetmeats. She accompanied her husband during the thirty years of her married life everywhere the exigencies of the service took him -- Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Washington Territory, Oregon and California.
Mrs. Butler and her children were on board the steamer Don Cameron, going to join her husband on the Yellowstone river in 1874 when it struck a snag near Sioux City and went down in fifteen minutes, taking with it for the first time the household goods of the Fifth infantry, now again a victim to accident by water.
Mrs. Butler was beloved by all who knew her, among civilians as well as in the military circles in the Second as well as in the Fifth, her old regiment. The officers and ladies of the old Fifth were enthusiastic in their affection for her. Before she died she had the satisfaction of hearing how the expressed their love for her. No mother was more devoted, no wife more loving.
The funeral services will take place at the residence of the family, No. 15, Fort Omaha, on Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and the remains will then be interred in the cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre in this city.
Omaha Daily Bee, June 24, 1888, page 5:
The funeral services over the remains of the late Kate Butler, deceased wife of Major Butler, Second infantry, will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock, at Major Butler's quarters, No. 15, Fort Omaha. The remains will be taken to Holy Sepulchre cemetery for interment.
Mrs. Kate Butler, wife of Major E. Butler, Second infantry, who died on the evening of the 21st, inst, had been an invalid for over a year, but notwithstanding, her death was as sudden as it was unexpected.
Up to a year ago Mrs. Butler enjoyed remarkably good health with the exception of occasional attacks of neuralgia. The way in which her youthful bloom remained with her was a subject of remark among her old friends and acquaintances. She looked more like the sister than the mother of the oldest of her six sons.
Mrs. Butler was a native of New York, born on Long Island in 1840. She was only eighteen when she married, and no more blooming bride ever joined the Fifth infantry, her husband's old regiment. Before the days of the transcontinental railroads, she followed the drum with her husband in the long marches from Leavenworth to the lower Rio Grande, through Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.
She, with her husband marched across the plains through the camps of the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowas and Comanches, while she gladdened the hearts of the young savages who bounded along side the wagon in which she rode, with presents of sweetmeats. She accompanied her husband during the thirty years of her married life everywhere the exigencies of the service took him -- Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Washington Territory, Oregon and California.
Mrs. Butler and her children were on board the steamer Don Cameron, going to join her husband on the Yellowstone river in 1874 when it struck a snag near Sioux City and went down in fifteen minutes, taking with it for the first time the household goods of the Fifth infantry, now again a victim to accident by water.
Mrs. Butler was beloved by all who knew her, among civilians as well as in the military circles in the Second as well as in the Fifth, her old regiment. The officers and ladies of the old Fifth were enthusiastic in their affection for her. Before she died she had the satisfaction of hearing how the expressed their love for her. No mother was more devoted, no wife more loving.
The funeral services will take place at the residence of the family, No. 15, Fort Omaha, on Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and the remains will then be interred in the cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre in this city.
Omaha Daily Bee, June 24, 1888, page 5:
The funeral services over the remains of the late Kate Butler, deceased wife of Major Butler, Second infantry, will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock, at Major Butler's quarters, No. 15, Fort Omaha. The remains will be taken to Holy Sepulchre cemetery for interment.
Omaha Daily Bee, June 23, 1888, Page 4:
Mrs. Kate Butler, wife of Major E. Butler, Second infantry, who died on the evening of the 21st, inst, had been an invalid for over a year, but notwithstanding, her death was as sudden as it was unexpected.
Up to a year ago Mrs. Butler enjoyed remarkably good health with the exception of occasional attacks of neuralgia. The way in which her youthful bloom remained with her was a subject of remark among her old friends and acquaintances. She looked more like the sister than the mother of the oldest of her six sons.
Mrs. Butler was a native of New York, born on Long Island in 1840. She was only eighteen when she married, and no more blooming bride ever joined the Fifth infantry, her husband's old regiment. Before the days of the transcontinental railroads, she followed the drum with her husband in the long marches from Leavenworth to the lower Rio Grande, through Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.
She, with her husband marched across the plains through the camps of the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowas and Comanches, while she gladdened the hearts of the young savages who bounded along side the wagon in which she rode, with presents of sweetmeats. She accompanied her husband during the thirty years of her married life everywhere the exigencies of the service took him -- Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Washington Territory, Oregon and California.
Mrs. Butler and her children were on board the steamer Don Cameron, going to join her husband on the Yellowstone river in 1874 when it struck a snag near Sioux City and went down in fifteen minutes, taking with it for the first time the household goods of the Fifth infantry, now again a victim to accident by water.
Mrs. Butler was beloved by all who knew her, among civilians as well as in the military circles in the Second as well as in the Fifth, her old regiment. The officers and ladies of the old Fifth were enthusiastic in their affection for her. Before she died she had the satisfaction of hearing how the expressed their love for her. No mother was more devoted, no wife more loving.
The funeral services will take place at the residence of the family, No. 15, Fort Omaha, on Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and the remains will then be interred in the cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre in this city.
Omaha Daily Bee, June 24, 1888, page 5:
The funeral services over the remains of the late Kate Butler, deceased wife of Major Butler, Second infantry, will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock, at Major Butler's quarters, No. 15, Fort Omaha. The remains will be taken to Holy Sepulchre cemetery for interment.
Mrs. Kate Butler, wife of Major E. Butler, Second infantry, who died on the evening of the 21st, inst, had been an invalid for over a year, but notwithstanding, her death was as sudden as it was unexpected.
Up to a year ago Mrs. Butler enjoyed remarkably good health with the exception of occasional attacks of neuralgia. The way in which her youthful bloom remained with her was a subject of remark among her old friends and acquaintances. She looked more like the sister than the mother of the oldest of her six sons.
Mrs. Butler was a native of New York, born on Long Island in 1840. She was only eighteen when she married, and no more blooming bride ever joined the Fifth infantry, her husband's old regiment. Before the days of the transcontinental railroads, she followed the drum with her husband in the long marches from Leavenworth to the lower Rio Grande, through Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.
She, with her husband marched across the plains through the camps of the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowas and Comanches, while she gladdened the hearts of the young savages who bounded along side the wagon in which she rode, with presents of sweetmeats. She accompanied her husband during the thirty years of her married life everywhere the exigencies of the service took him -- Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Washington Territory, Oregon and California.
Mrs. Butler and her children were on board the steamer Don Cameron, going to join her husband on the Yellowstone river in 1874 when it struck a snag near Sioux City and went down in fifteen minutes, taking with it for the first time the household goods of the Fifth infantry, now again a victim to accident by water.
Mrs. Butler was beloved by all who knew her, among civilians as well as in the military circles in the Second as well as in the Fifth, her old regiment. The officers and ladies of the old Fifth were enthusiastic in their affection for her. Before she died she had the satisfaction of hearing how the expressed their love for her. No mother was more devoted, no wife more loving.
The funeral services will take place at the residence of the family, No. 15, Fort Omaha, on Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and the remains will then be interred in the cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre in this city.
Omaha Daily Bee, June 24, 1888, page 5:
The funeral services over the remains of the late Kate Butler, deceased wife of Major Butler, Second infantry, will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock, at Major Butler's quarters, No. 15, Fort Omaha. The remains will be taken to Holy Sepulchre cemetery for interment.
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