Mary Catherine (McMillen) Butler

© Enid News and Eagle

04-05-2022

Submitted by: Glenn

© Brown-Cummings Funeral Home

July 04 1925 - April 03, 2022

The services celebrating the extraordinary life of Mary Catherine (McMillen) Butler, 96, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Enid, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday April 8, 2022, at First United Methodist Church in Enid, with the Rev. Devon Krause and Rev. Susan Southall officiating. Burial will follow at the Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.

Mary McMillen Butler was born near Enid, Oklahoma, on July 4, 1925, to RW and Mary McMillen on her family's dairy farm.

A hard worker and devoted to education, Mary met the love of her life, Lacey Butler, shortly after WW2. They were married within four weeks of their first date and both attended Oklahoma A&M. After 20 years of marriage and four children, and with Lacey's encouragement, she earned her Master's degree and became an elementary principal.

Mary dedicated her life to serving others, from church groups to the PEO. She also served on the board of the YWCA and was named their Woman of the Year for her leadership and support. An exceptional quilter, Mary continued to make and donate quilts for the YWCA well into her 90s. During the COVID pandemic, Mary immediately began sewing face masks for those in her retirement community.

Mary Butler's legacy includes a loving heart, generous character, and a deep faith in God. She was known also for her love of learning. Mary was an advocate for the rejected and disenfranchised and treated people with kindness, dignity and respect no matter who they were.

Surviving relatives include her sister Francis Miller; children: Dan Butler, Ann Worden (Randy), Kathryn Turner (Craig); daughters-in-law: Glenace and Kathie Butler; grandchildren: Jennie Scott, Philip Butler (Casey), Stacy Blattner (Jeff), Sandy Worden, Alexandra Turner, Mathew Turner (Amanda), Kacie Martin (Tyler), Mary Nemcok (Jeffrey), Glen Habbershaw; plus 14 great-grandchildren: Edward, Aline, Aiden, Addie, Matthew, Grace, Emery, Ella Kate, Ford, Luke, Penelope, Maria, Anna, and Faith; as well as numerous family and friends.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, brother John McMillen, sister Ellen Phillips, son Sherman Butler, and her great love, Lacey Butler Jr. Mary went to be with Lacey in heaven on April 3, 2022.

Memorials may be made in her honor to the Alzheimer's Association or the Enid Public School Foundation.

Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com.



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