Steven J. “Cap” Butler, 75, Humboldt, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita.
Cap was born March 16, 1939, in Eureka, the son of Harold Oscar and Hazel Irene (Nelson) Butler. He grew up in Eureka and graduated from Tonovay High School in 1957.
On April 22, 1972, Steven married Mary K. Woods at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Eureka. He has worked at I.M.P. Boats in Iola, Churchill Pump Jacks in Chanute and the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, where he was a jailer for three years and process server for 15 years.
After he retired, he continued to work in maintenance at St. Patrick’s School in Chanute, transported foster children for TFI “The Farm” and had been a crossing guard at Humboldt Elementary School for a year and a half. He enjoyed helping on the St. Joseph Biblesta floats and at the Humboldt Historical Society and Museum.
He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Mary “Kathy” Butler, of the home; two daughters, Melissa Scheffler and companion Brad Kilpatrick, Overland Park, and Sabrina Taylor and husband Adam, Humboldt; six grandchildren, Kiah Scheffler, Zane Scheffler and Dillon, Derek, Dawson and Dakota Taylor; five siblings, Albert Butler, Neal, Jack Butler, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Richard Butler, Augusta, Wanda Frakes, Eureka, and Dixie Holm, Hana, Hawaii.
He was preceded in death by his parents and three siblings, Glen Butler, Wayne Butler and Dorothy Vinson.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Chapel in Iola. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery, Humboldt.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial gifts to St. Patrick School or Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF) may be left with the funeral home.
To sign the guestbook online or leave a condolence, go to www.iolafuneral.com.
Steven ‘Cap’ Butler
