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Barbara Jane Gibson Butler

Birth
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Death
16 Dec 2014 (aged 83)
Calistoga, Napa County, California, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend Add to Map
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Barbara Jane Butler, 83, of Calistoga and St. Helena, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.

She was born to the late Thelma and Bruce Gibson, March 27, 1931, in Phoenix. Barbara graduated from El Cerrito High School in 1949 and subsequently received her R.N. from the Sanitarium in Independence, Missouri. She married the late Richard K. Butler in 1955, and then resided in Hayward, California, until her husband’s passing.

Barbara worked in various routine and supervisory nursing roles in the East Bay. Looking for a challenge, she applied to and was accepted to Stanford School of Medicine’s inaugural class of Physician’s Assistants in 1971. As a P.A. and C.N.P. she worked in family practice and emergency medicine in San Jose, Nevada and Merced until her retirement in 2000.

After relocating to Calistoga, Barbara was active in ensuring seniors’ access to affordable housing.

Barbara is survived by two children: Rhett Butler of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Cynthia Butler of Calistoga; and two grandchildren.

Barbara Jane Butler, 83, of Calistoga and St. Helena, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.

She was born to the late Thelma and Bruce Gibson, March 27, 1931, in Phoenix. Barbara graduated from El Cerrito High School in 1949 and subsequently received her R.N. from the Sanitarium in Independence, Missouri. She married the late Richard K. Butler in 1955, and then resided in Hayward, California, until her husband’s passing.

Barbara worked in various routine and supervisory nursing roles in the East Bay. Looking for a challenge, she applied to and was accepted to Stanford School of Medicine’s inaugural class of Physician’s Assistants in 1971. As a P.A. and C.N.P. she worked in family practice and emergency medicine in San Jose, Nevada and Merced until her retirement in 2000.

After relocating to Calistoga, Barbara was active in ensuring seniors’ access to affordable housing.

Barbara is survived by two children: Rhett Butler of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Cynthia Butler of Calistoga; and two grandchildren.



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