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Wilmer Edward Butcher

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Wilmer Edward Butcher

Birth
Douglass, Butler County, Kansas, USA
Death
25 May 1955 (aged 15)
Udall, Cowley County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Rose Hill, Butler County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Wichita Eagle, Sunday Morning, May 29, 1955

Funeral services for a Navy veteran of World War II and his two sons, all of whom died in the Udall disaster last Wednesday, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Hilyard Funeral Home at Douglass, Kan.

The storm victims were Nolan Wilmer Butcher, 45, who was born April 18, 1910, at Whitewater, Kan., Wilmer Edward Butcher, 15, born October 3, 1939, at Douglass and Oran Paul Butcher, born September 22, 1948 at Udall.

The Rev. W. F. McKean, pastor of First Baptist Church at Mulvane will officiate at the mortuary service. It will be followed by an American Legion graveside service for Mr. Butcher in Dunlap cemetery at Rose Hill, Kan. The two sons will be buried beside him.

Mr. Butcher's wife, Neva, was released from St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Saturday after being treated for injuries sustained in the tragedy. Another son, Donald still was in St. Joseph Hospital Saturday night. A daughter, Billie Jo, 17, still is in St. Mary's Hospital at Winfield.

Also surviving are a son, Harold and two daughters, Venita and Vera who were released Saturday after hospitalization.

Other survivors are Mrs. Leva Bentley, Augusta, Kan., mother of Mr. Butcher; two sisters, Mrs. Cordelia Dill of Augusta, and Mrs. James T. Malay, 206 W. 25th and two brothers, Oris Butcher, La Crosse, Kan., and Wayne Bentley, 3142 Park Place.
Wichita Eagle, Sunday Morning, May 29, 1955

Funeral services for a Navy veteran of World War II and his two sons, all of whom died in the Udall disaster last Wednesday, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Hilyard Funeral Home at Douglass, Kan.

The storm victims were Nolan Wilmer Butcher, 45, who was born April 18, 1910, at Whitewater, Kan., Wilmer Edward Butcher, 15, born October 3, 1939, at Douglass and Oran Paul Butcher, born September 22, 1948 at Udall.

The Rev. W. F. McKean, pastor of First Baptist Church at Mulvane will officiate at the mortuary service. It will be followed by an American Legion graveside service for Mr. Butcher in Dunlap cemetery at Rose Hill, Kan. The two sons will be buried beside him.

Mr. Butcher's wife, Neva, was released from St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Saturday after being treated for injuries sustained in the tragedy. Another son, Donald still was in St. Joseph Hospital Saturday night. A daughter, Billie Jo, 17, still is in St. Mary's Hospital at Winfield.

Also surviving are a son, Harold and two daughters, Venita and Vera who were released Saturday after hospitalization.

Other survivors are Mrs. Leva Bentley, Augusta, Kan., mother of Mr. Butcher; two sisters, Mrs. Cordelia Dill of Augusta, and Mrs. James T. Malay, 206 W. 25th and two brothers, Oris Butcher, La Crosse, Kan., and Wayne Bentley, 3142 Park Place.


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