THERZA LORRAINE (STEVENS) BUTLER
(Submitted by Shannon Butler Ventuleth)

   Therza Lorraine Stevens was born April 19, 1864 at Atchison, Kansas, the daughter of Phillip and Elvera Stevens and when a small child, with her parents, two sisters and one brother moved to Missouri.
   She was married to James W. Butler of Galena in November 1884.  To this union eight children were born:  Henry of Freewater, Oregon, Charles who died May 2, 1917, Clarence of Reeds Spring, Edward of Charleston, South Carolina, Mrs. Frances Kirkendall, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Florence McCall, Columbus, Kansas, Mrs. Myrtle Kelly, Prairie Grove, Ark. and Mrs. Iva Proctor, Detroit, Mich.
   Mr. and Mrs. Butler lived all of their married life east of Galena with the exception of three years which they spent traveling in the West.
   Mr. Butler died January 12, 1905.  Later Mrs. Butler was married to Harrison Manges of Bolivar and to this union two children were born:  Mrs. Bessie Puffer, Hillsade, Mich., and Mrs. Bertha Nichols, Hendrick, Oklahoma.
   Mrs. Manges died January 27, 1937 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ben McCall, 114 S. Idaho Ave., Columbus, Kansas after a years illness of complication of diseases.  Funeral services were conducted at the home Friday January 29 by Rev. Reeves, Baptist minister and Rev. L. A. Johnson of the Christian church.
   By request Mrs. Bob Ruhland sang a solo, "Going Home," and with Mrs. Monte Goldsberry sang, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," and "The Old Rugged Cross," accompanied by Mrs. Billie Hamlet on the piano.
   Burial was in Miami, Oklahoma in charge of Jones and Ruhland.  Stone County News-Oracle, at Galena, MO in 1937, page 1, column one.