Leona Ritter Butler
January 7, 1913 ~ July 10, 2003
Resided in:
Arden, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Asheville ~ Mary Leona Ritter Butler, 90, of Sweeten Creek Road, died Thursday, July 10, 2003 in a local nursing facility.
A native of Louisiana, Mrs. Butler was the daughter of the late Edwin and Delphine Hymel Ritter and wife of the late John E. Butler, Jr., who died in 1982. She was also preceded in death by a grandson, Darrin Butler, in 1982.
Mrs. Butler was a retired post office clerk with the US Postal Service. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and affiliated with St. Barnabas Catholic Church in Asheville. Mrs. Butler was a member of West Baton Rouge Historical Society, the West Baton Rouge Garden Club and The Krew of the Oaks.
Survivors include four daughters, Betty Williams of Asheville, Leigh Knox of Albuquerque, NM, Helen Jendrusch and Bonnie Blue Butler, both of Baton Rouge; one son, John E. Butler, III of Baton Rouge; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Ritter of Rougon, LA; eleven grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
A funeral mass will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday in Port Allen, LA at the Holy Family Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Resthaven Cemetery in Baton Rouge, LA.
The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Wilbert Funeral Home in Port Allen, LA.
Memorials may be made to the West Baton Rouge Historical Society.
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Dear Mrs.Williams,
I am very sorry to hear about your mother. She was a very sweet and caring woman who told me herself what a wonderful daughter that you were. And I am very soory to hear of her arrival to Heaven, although she feels much better now. I am very thankful that you allowed me to meet her and care for her the week that I did. I feel blessed to have known such a wonderful woman even though it was only for a week. I send my deepest smypathy.
May the road rise to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, And today and forever more may GOD hold you in the palm of his hand. I Love You very very much and I am so so sorry.