GRADEL MARTHA BUTZKE

MRS. GRADEL MARTHA BUTZKE PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2007 AT A LOCAL NURSING FACILITY. MRS. BUTZKE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1903 IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, THE DAUGHTER OF BERNARD AND EFFIE MAE THEILKEN. SHE GREW UP IN SPRINGFIELD, WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED HER HUSBAND EDWARD BUTZKE. IN 1923, THEY MOVED TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. IN 1978, AFTER HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY SHE MOVED TO PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA WITH HER SON EDWARD AND WIFE MARY. SHE WAS A DEVOTED AND LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, DAUGHTER, SISTER, GRANDMOTHER AND FRIEND. SHE ATTENDED SAINT ANDREW BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS. SHE WILL BE FOREVER LOVED AND MISSED BY HER SON AND HIS WIFE EDWARD AND MARY BUTZKE OF PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, HER DAUGHTER MARTHA TROVER OF ENUMCLAW, WASHINGTON AND MARLENE WEBB AND HER HUSBAND CHARLES WEBB OF WOFFORD HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA, 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD, SISTER-IN-LAW, MARIE THEILKEN OF YELM, WASHINGTON AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2007 AT WILSON FUNERAL HOME FROM 6 TO 8 PM. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2007 AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA WITH PASTOR JONATHAN CHUTE OFFICIATING. ARRANGEMENTS IN CALIFORNIA ARE BEING CONDUCTED BY GREEN HILLS CEMETERY IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO SAINT ANDREW BAPTIST CHURCH, 3010 W 15th STREET, PANAMA CITY, FL 32401 IN MEMORY OF GRADEL BUTZKE.

Wilson Funeral Home