Marie Butler

Marie Butler, R.N. formerly of Lowell, was nurse, WWII vet; 96 NEWTON Marie (Hyde) Butler, R.N., 96, formerly of Lowell, and now a resident of Newton, and a retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S Army Reserves, died Friday morning at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham. She was the wife of the late Joseph R. Butler. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 4, 1912, the daughter of the late John J. and the late Anna (Gill) Hyde. She was a communicant of St. Margaret Church in Lowell, and Our Lady of Help of Christians in Newton. Mrs. Butler attended Lowell Schools and was a graduate of Lowell High School in the Class of 1930. She went on to graduate from Tewksbury Hospital School of Nursing. A veteran of World War II, Mrs. Butler served as a R.N. with the U.S. Army Nurses Corp. After the war, she stayed in the U.S. Army Reserves where she rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel. Following the war, she came back to Greater Lowell and worked as a Registered Nurse at Tewksbury Hospital for over 40 years until her retirement. Mrs. Butler is survived by a niece, V. Susan (Hyde) Burre and her husband, Charles of Clifton Park, NY; two nephews, John Hyde and his wife, Ann of Clifton Park, NY, and James F. Hyde and his wife, Lucy of Albany, NY; two stepsons, Richard Butler and his wife, Jean from Centerville, and Allan Butler and his wife, Jessie of Newton; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, grandnieces, grandnephews, and cousins. She was also the sister of the late J. Frank Hyde and his wife the late Virginia (White) Hyde, and step mother of the late Kay Pellegrini. BUTLER In Needham, MA, November 21, 2008, at Beth Israel, Marie (Hyde) Butler, R.N., formerly of Lowell, now of Newton and wife of the late Joseph R. Butler. There will be no calling hours. Friends are invited to attend her Funeral Mass to be celebrated Monday morning at ST. MARGARET CHURCH in Lowell at 9:30 a.m. Burial in St. Patrick Cemetery. Those wishing may make contributions in her memory to the American Lung Assn. of MA, 460 Totten Pond Rd., Suite 400, Waltham, MA 02451. E-condolence/directions at www.odonnellfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by Funeral Directors John W. Crane and James F. O'Donnell, Jr. (978 or 866) 458-8768.