Omaha World Herald (Omaha, NE) Page 9 - Tuesday, January 7, 1919
Former Omaha Girl Dies In France
Maude May Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carter of Ogden, Utah, formerly of Omaha, and sister of George and Charles Butler of Omaha, died in Paris, where she was head stenographer with the bureau of construction, according to a cablegram received by her parents Sunday morning. No details were given, and the cause of her death is not known.
Miss Butler was 27 years old and was born in Omaha. She graduated from Brownell Hall in 1908, and was a member of the Pearl Memorial church.
Omaha World Herald (Omaha, NE) Page 33 - Sunday, February 2, 1919 (partial story)
The story of Miss Butler's tragic death in France following an attack of influenza came to Omaha first in a cablegram to Red Cross officials. The touching details have just been written by Miss Margaret Jean Butter, social worker overseas, to her mother, Mrs. Jame B. Butter of this city. Miss Butler was a stenographer in the engineering department at Fort Omaha and an exceedingly popular girl. She is the daughter of Mrs. R. B. Carter, now of Ogden, Utah.
Born and raised in Omaha, she had a host of friends acquired, in her school days at Brownell Hall and later in the business world. She went across as a Red Cross stenographer.
A letter telling in detail of her death is in part as follows:
"Dear Mother: I suppose it was in the papers concerning the death of Maude May Butler over here. Miss Mutler had influenza, which settled in the brain, causing spinal meningitis. The funeral was held January 4, and ten Omaha girls were present. They were: Edith Standeven, Lucile, Scott, Florence Lake, Stella Carle, Nan Murphy, Ann Bailey, Marie Mathews, Pearl Jenkins, Marie Mackin, and I. There was a simple service at the hospital, and we sang 'Nearer My God to Thee,' and 'America', then followed the casket draped with the American flag and covered with flowers, to the little cemetery on the hillside, where rows on rows of white crosses show where the Americans sleep. At the grave the chaplain held a brief service, we repeated the Lord's prayer, and as we stood there in the rain, some one picked a red rose and a white one from the flowers to send home to her mother. Even the Red Cross men who stood there with us were deeply touched. She was such a pretty, sweet girl that every one loved her.
Former Omaha Girl Dies In France
Maude May Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carter of Ogden, Utah, formerly of Omaha, and sister of George and Charles Butler of Omaha, died in Paris, where she was head stenographer with the bureau of construction, according to a cablegram received by her parents Sunday morning. No details were given, and the cause of her death is not known.
Miss Butler was 27 years old and was born in Omaha. She graduated from Brownell Hall in 1908, and was a member of the Pearl Memorial church.
Omaha World Herald (Omaha, NE) Page 33 - Sunday, February 2, 1919 (partial story)
The story of Miss Butler's tragic death in France following an attack of influenza came to Omaha first in a cablegram to Red Cross officials. The touching details have just been written by Miss Margaret Jean Butter, social worker overseas, to her mother, Mrs. Jame B. Butter of this city. Miss Butler was a stenographer in the engineering department at Fort Omaha and an exceedingly popular girl. She is the daughter of Mrs. R. B. Carter, now of Ogden, Utah.
Born and raised in Omaha, she had a host of friends acquired, in her school days at Brownell Hall and later in the business world. She went across as a Red Cross stenographer.
A letter telling in detail of her death is in part as follows:
"Dear Mother: I suppose it was in the papers concerning the death of Maude May Butler over here. Miss Mutler had influenza, which settled in the brain, causing spinal meningitis. The funeral was held January 4, and ten Omaha girls were present. They were: Edith Standeven, Lucile, Scott, Florence Lake, Stella Carle, Nan Murphy, Ann Bailey, Marie Mathews, Pearl Jenkins, Marie Mackin, and I. There was a simple service at the hospital, and we sang 'Nearer My God to Thee,' and 'America', then followed the casket draped with the American flag and covered with flowers, to the little cemetery on the hillside, where rows on rows of white crosses show where the Americans sleep. At the grave the chaplain held a brief service, we repeated the Lord's prayer, and as we stood there in the rain, some one picked a red rose and a white one from the flowers to send home to her mother. Even the Red Cross men who stood there with us were deeply touched. She was such a pretty, sweet girl that every one loved her.
Omaha World Herald (Omaha, NE) Page 9 - Tuesday, January 7, 1919
Former Omaha Girl Dies In France
Maude May Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carter of Ogden, Utah, formerly of Omaha, and sister of George and Charles Butler of Omaha, died in Paris, where she was head stenographer with the bureau of construction, according to a cablegram received by her parents Sunday morning. No details were given, and the cause of her death is not known.
Miss Butler was 27 years old and was born in Omaha. She graduated from Brownell Hall in 1908, and was a member of the Pearl Memorial church.
Omaha World Herald (Omaha, NE) Page 33 - Sunday, February 2, 1919 (partial story)
The story of Miss Butler's tragic death in France following an attack of influenza came to Omaha first in a cablegram to Red Cross officials. The touching details have just been written by Miss Margaret Jean Butter, social worker overseas, to her mother, Mrs. Jame B. Butter of this city. Miss Butler was a stenographer in the engineering department at Fort Omaha and an exceedingly popular girl. She is the daughter of Mrs. R. B. Carter, now of Ogden, Utah.
Born and raised in Omaha, she had a host of friends acquired, in her school days at Brownell Hall and later in the business world. She went across as a Red Cross stenographer.
A letter telling in detail of her death is in part as follows:
"Dear Mother: I suppose it was in the papers concerning the death of Maude May Butler over here. Miss Mutler had influenza, which settled in the brain, causing spinal meningitis. The funeral was held January 4, and ten Omaha girls were present. They were: Edith Standeven, Lucile, Scott, Florence Lake, Stella Carle, Nan Murphy, Ann Bailey, Marie Mathews, Pearl Jenkins, Marie Mackin, and I. There was a simple service at the hospital, and we sang 'Nearer My God to Thee,' and 'America', then followed the casket draped with the American flag and covered with flowers, to the little cemetery on the hillside, where rows on rows of white crosses show where the Americans sleep. At the grave the chaplain held a brief service, we repeated the Lord's prayer, and as we stood there in the rain, some one picked a red rose and a white one from the flowers to send home to her mother. Even the Red Cross men who stood there with us were deeply touched. She was such a pretty, sweet girl that every one loved her.
Former Omaha Girl Dies In France
Maude May Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carter of Ogden, Utah, formerly of Omaha, and sister of George and Charles Butler of Omaha, died in Paris, where she was head stenographer with the bureau of construction, according to a cablegram received by her parents Sunday morning. No details were given, and the cause of her death is not known.
Miss Butler was 27 years old and was born in Omaha. She graduated from Brownell Hall in 1908, and was a member of the Pearl Memorial church.
Omaha World Herald (Omaha, NE) Page 33 - Sunday, February 2, 1919 (partial story)
The story of Miss Butler's tragic death in France following an attack of influenza came to Omaha first in a cablegram to Red Cross officials. The touching details have just been written by Miss Margaret Jean Butter, social worker overseas, to her mother, Mrs. Jame B. Butter of this city. Miss Butler was a stenographer in the engineering department at Fort Omaha and an exceedingly popular girl. She is the daughter of Mrs. R. B. Carter, now of Ogden, Utah.
Born and raised in Omaha, she had a host of friends acquired, in her school days at Brownell Hall and later in the business world. She went across as a Red Cross stenographer.
A letter telling in detail of her death is in part as follows:
"Dear Mother: I suppose it was in the papers concerning the death of Maude May Butler over here. Miss Mutler had influenza, which settled in the brain, causing spinal meningitis. The funeral was held January 4, and ten Omaha girls were present. They were: Edith Standeven, Lucile, Scott, Florence Lake, Stella Carle, Nan Murphy, Ann Bailey, Marie Mathews, Pearl Jenkins, Marie Mackin, and I. There was a simple service at the hospital, and we sang 'Nearer My God to Thee,' and 'America', then followed the casket draped with the American flag and covered with flowers, to the little cemetery on the hillside, where rows on rows of white crosses show where the Americans sleep. At the grave the chaplain held a brief service, we repeated the Lord's prayer, and as we stood there in the rain, some one picked a red rose and a white one from the flowers to send home to her mother. Even the Red Cross men who stood there with us were deeply touched. She was such a pretty, sweet girl that every one loved her.
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