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John Gordon Butterfield, O.D.
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- 1930 Delaware Co., IA Fed. Census Manchester
1940 Black Hawk Co., IA Fed. Census Cedar Falls - John Gordon Butterfield
• March 6, 1930 - December 28, 2015
• Mandeville, Louisiana
John was born on March 6, 1930 and passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015.
John was a resident of Mandeville, Louisiana at the time of his passing.
He was married to Patty.
Funeral service will be on Monday January 4 2015 1:30 pm with interment following at the Lexington Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday January 3 2015 5-7 PM.
- BUTTERFIELD John Gordon, O.D., 85, died on Monday, December 28, 2015 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Born in Manchester, Iowa on March 7, 1930, he was the son of the late Raymond Otto Butterfield and Zola Hosteter Butterfield, brother of the late Donald Butterfield, step-father to the deceased Ken Smith and his late wife, Frankie Smith. Gordon grew up in Iowa and West Virginia, attending Greenbrier Military School and West Virginia University, where he was an active member in Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He graduated as an optometrist from Southern College of Optometry in 1954, after which he served a tour of duty as an officer in the United States Army. After leaving the Army, Dr. Butterfield and his first wife, Nancy Collins Butterfield settled in Charleston, West Virginia, where he practiced optometry, being active in the West Virginia Optometric Association and the Southern Council of Optometrists. He served as president of both organizations. Dr. Butterfield also served on the West Virginia Board of Optometrists and was an active member of the Charleston Lions Club, Civitan International, and various other service organizations in the Charleston area. In 1986, Dr. Butterfield married Patty Rai Hunt Smith, of Lexington, Kentucky, and resumed his optometry practice in Versailles, Kentucky. He enjoyed his practice there and was active in the Versailles Kiwanis where he was president for two terms. He was also a member of Crestwood Christian Church in Lexington. During this time, he enjoyed spending time at his beloved lake house on Herrington Lake in Burgin, Kentucky, where he served two terms as Commodore of the Herrington Lake Yacht Club. Gordon was always interested in his friends and family, and was always happy to meet new friends. He will be missed. In addition to his loving wife, Patty Rai, he is survived by his three children, Scott Collins Butterfield (Donna Good Butterfield), Jennifer Butterfield Eaddy (David Eaddy) and Amy Butterfield Ward (Tom Ward), his step-daughter Lesley Smith McGuire (Mike McGuire), and grandchildren: Matthew Butterfield, David A. Eaddy, Samuel Eaddy, Isabel Eaddy, Kaitlyn Ward, Jennifer Ward, Ty McGuire (Becky McGuire), Drew McGuire and two great-grandchildren Lilly and Amelia McGuire. Visitation will be Sunday, January 3 from 5-7pm, and the funeral will be Monday, January 4 at 1:30pm at Milward-Southland, 391 Southland Dr., Lexington, KY 40503. Memorial donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter, 6100 Dutchmans Ln, STE 401, Louisville, KY 40205-3284. www.milwardfuneral.com
Funeral Home
Milward Funeral Directors
391 Southland Dr. Lexington, KY 40503
(859) 276-1415
Published in Lexington Herald-Leader on Jan. 2, 2016
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