Lacey Sherman Butler III

1949 - 2015

The Memorial Service celebrating the life of Lacey Sherman Butler III, 66, of Carlsbad NM and Fairview OK. will be held on Thursday December 17, 2015 at 1: 00 P.M. in the First United Methodist Church, Enid OK. with Rev. Randy Mitchell officiating. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Military honors will be conducted by the United States Navy.
Sherman passed away on December 9, 2015 in Enid OK. Sherman, the son of Mary Catherine McMillen and Lacey Sherman Butler Jr., was born on August 28, 1949 in Enid Oklahoma. After graduating from Enid High School, Sherman joined the US Navy and served as a hospital corpsman in Viet Nam. After returning home he completed his bachelor's degree in physiology at OSU.
Sherman married Diane Bemis in 1971 in Winchester MA and together they had two children, Jennie Aline and Philip Edward. Sherman farmed in the Enid area and was the owner/operator of LS Welding, a successful construction business that built bridges throughout Oklahoma.
In 1989 Sherman was diagnosed with Wegner's Granulomatosis Vasculitis. His health began to deteriorate, but he was later blessed by the lifesaving gift of a kidney transplant from his sister Kathryn.
When his health improved, Sherman returned to OSU earning his Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering Technology followed by Master's work at Texas A&M. Aviation was a major hobby for Sherman. He owned several planes and was building an RV-7 kit plane.
Sherman married Glenace L. Habbershaw in 2007 in Fairview OK. He and Glenace resided in Carlsbad NM where he worked as a fire protection engineer at the Waste Isolation Pilot Project.
Sherman was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2012. Despite major surgery to eliminate the cancer, it returned in 2015.
Sherman is survived by his parents Lacey and Mary Butler, his wife Glenace Butler, his daughter Jennie Scott, son Philip Butler and wife Casey, step-son Glen R. Habbershaw, and four grandchildren Edward, Aline, Aiden, and Adelyn. He is also survived by his brother Dan Butler and sisters Kathryn Turner and Ann Worden as well as their spouses and children.
An avid scientist, Sherman requested his body be donated to the OU Health Science Center. Knowing how much Sherman loved aviation, the family is requesting that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in his name to the Young Eagles, an organization that fosters the love of aviation in children with Brown-Cummings Funeral Home being custodians of the funds. Condolences may be made to the family online at WWW.Brown¬Cummings.com