Abraham Israel Butler died of a heart attack at his home in Colby. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 at St. Mary's Catholic church and interment will be made in the Colby cemetery. Mr. Butler was born in Fond du Lac, Wis., on April 24th, 1863 [to Abraham Butler and Adelia Beaudreau], and moved to Unity, Wis., with his parents [his father and step-mother Celia] when he was 13 years of age.
On Sept. 9, 1891, he was married to Jospehine Hertel at St. Killian's chuch in Colby. A few years after this marriage he moved onto a farm west of Unity and lived there until 1919. [At that time] he bought what is now the Henry Hein Farm which he operated until 1923 when he bought lots in Colby on Spencer street and built the present Butler home.
Mr. Butler ... operated saw mills at Unity, Marshfield and Aprin. His wife died on May 26, 1918. On July 3, 1922, he married Mrs. Louise Mueller at Colby.
Surviving are his wife; one son, Earl, two brothers, Eli and Louis Butler of Fond du Lac; two sisters Mrs. Ida Shelley of Fond du Lac, and Mrs. Florence Kieck of Milwaukee, and four step-children, William, Edward and Walter Mueller of Colby and Mrs. Fred Beisner of Dorchester. Also nine grand children and three great grand children. One daugher, Mrs. Henry (Ruth) Hein died in 1940.
Mr. Butler was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, a good Christian and honest in all his dealings. Invariably, he was a kind and indulgent husband and father, a good neighbor and will be missed by all who knew him.
On Sept. 9, 1891, he was married to Jospehine Hertel at St. Killian's chuch in Colby. A few years after this marriage he moved onto a farm west of Unity and lived there until 1919. [At that time] he bought what is now the Henry Hein Farm which he operated until 1923 when he bought lots in Colby on Spencer street and built the present Butler home.
Mr. Butler ... operated saw mills at Unity, Marshfield and Aprin. His wife died on May 26, 1918. On July 3, 1922, he married Mrs. Louise Mueller at Colby.
Surviving are his wife; one son, Earl, two brothers, Eli and Louis Butler of Fond du Lac; two sisters Mrs. Ida Shelley of Fond du Lac, and Mrs. Florence Kieck of Milwaukee, and four step-children, William, Edward and Walter Mueller of Colby and Mrs. Fred Beisner of Dorchester. Also nine grand children and three great grand children. One daugher, Mrs. Henry (Ruth) Hein died in 1940.
Mr. Butler was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, a good Christian and honest in all his dealings. Invariably, he was a kind and indulgent husband and father, a good neighbor and will be missed by all who knew him.
Abraham Israel Butler died of a heart attack at his home in Colby. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 at St. Mary's Catholic church and interment will be made in the Colby cemetery. Mr. Butler was born in Fond du Lac, Wis., on April 24th, 1863 [to Abraham Butler and Adelia Beaudreau], and moved to Unity, Wis., with his parents [his father and step-mother Celia] when he was 13 years of age.
On Sept. 9, 1891, he was married to Jospehine Hertel at St. Killian's chuch in Colby. A few years after this marriage he moved onto a farm west of Unity and lived there until 1919. [At that time] he bought what is now the Henry Hein Farm which he operated until 1923 when he bought lots in Colby on Spencer street and built the present Butler home.
Mr. Butler ... operated saw mills at Unity, Marshfield and Aprin. His wife died on May 26, 1918. On July 3, 1922, he married Mrs. Louise Mueller at Colby.
Surviving are his wife; one son, Earl, two brothers, Eli and Louis Butler of Fond du Lac; two sisters Mrs. Ida Shelley of Fond du Lac, and Mrs. Florence Kieck of Milwaukee, and four step-children, William, Edward and Walter Mueller of Colby and Mrs. Fred Beisner of Dorchester. Also nine grand children and three great grand children. One daugher, Mrs. Henry (Ruth) Hein died in 1940.
Mr. Butler was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, a good Christian and honest in all his dealings. Invariably, he was a kind and indulgent husband and father, a good neighbor and will be missed by all who knew him.
On Sept. 9, 1891, he was married to Jospehine Hertel at St. Killian's chuch in Colby. A few years after this marriage he moved onto a farm west of Unity and lived there until 1919. [At that time] he bought what is now the Henry Hein Farm which he operated until 1923 when he bought lots in Colby on Spencer street and built the present Butler home.
Mr. Butler ... operated saw mills at Unity, Marshfield and Aprin. His wife died on May 26, 1918. On July 3, 1922, he married Mrs. Louise Mueller at Colby.
Surviving are his wife; one son, Earl, two brothers, Eli and Louis Butler of Fond du Lac; two sisters Mrs. Ida Shelley of Fond du Lac, and Mrs. Florence Kieck of Milwaukee, and four step-children, William, Edward and Walter Mueller of Colby and Mrs. Fred Beisner of Dorchester. Also nine grand children and three great grand children. One daugher, Mrs. Henry (Ruth) Hein died in 1940.
Mr. Butler was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, a good Christian and honest in all his dealings. Invariably, he was a kind and indulgent husband and father, a good neighbor and will be missed by all who knew him.
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