ADRIAN "AD" BUTLER
(Submitted by Shannon Butler Ventuleth)

Adrian “Ad” Butler, 85

Adrian A. Butler, 85, died at home Monday, July 9, 2007 after a brief illness. He was born January 14, 1922 in Lamar, Colorado, the son of Lola Pound and Clarence O. Butler. He was a descendant of early Stone County, MO pioneers.

He attended school in Pratt, Kansas and Reed’s Spring, Missouri and joined the U.S. Air Force. He served in World War II and retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1964. He began a second career with the California Department of Motor Vehicles and retired from the Red Bluff DMV in 1981. He was a resident of Red Bluff for 30 years and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mr. Butler was an avid golfer and bowler.

Mr. Butler is survived by his wife of 54 years, Helen Reader Butler, of Red Bluff. He is also survived by daughter Mary Butler of Red Bluff and daughters and sons-in-law Cheryl and John Zollars of Elma, WA, Shannon and Wayne Ventuleth of Fallbrook, CA and Trish Twitchell of Roseville, CA and her fiancé Brad Barberick of Hanford, CA.

He is survived by grandsons Shawn Callahan, Craig Ventuleth and fiancée Kelly Mattos, and Scott Ventuleth and wife Angela Ventuleth. He is survived by granddaughters Katie Vollan, Sarah Cornthwaite and husband Brad Cornthwaite, Lynne Beall and husband T.J. Beall, Michaelyn Larges, April Ventuleth, and Danika Ventuleth. In addition he is survived by great-grandchildren Hailey Callahan, Michael and Mia McDonnell, Adrienne Cornthwaite, and Caden Pearson.

Mr. Butler is also survived by a sister, Inez Polizzi, of Redding, CA and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Rosary will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Friday, July 20, 2007 at 8 p.m. A Memorial Mass will follow on Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. A private inurnment will be held for the immediate family at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo, CA on Monday, July 23, 2007.

Chapel of the Flowers of Red Bluff is handling arrangements. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to Sacred Heart Catholic School.

Red Bluff Daily News
7/18/2007

Note from daughter Shannon Butler Ventuleth:  "Although he was born in CO (because his dad was working on building a dam at the time) he grew up in Stone County and was a descendant of Butler and Stephens families. He spent his childhood by Railey Creek where his cousins still farm and went to Reeds Spring High School in the class of 1940."