David L. Butterfield Jr.

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BUTTERFIELD, David L., Jr. born November 21, 1966, passed away Friday, March 11, 2011. He was a native of California, who grew up in Monterey, graduating from Monterey High School in 1984. He earned a double Engineering Degree from CSU Sacramento. In 1996 he was Commissioned into the US Air Force by his grandfather, Rear Admiral B.H. Bieri, Jr., afterwards earning an MBA and rising to the rank of Major. He enjoyed his many duty stations throughout his career including Hanscom AFB in Boston, MA; McClellan AFB in Sacramento, CA; Hill AFB in Salt Lake City, UT; Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM where he was the lead project engineer for the Active Denial Technology weapons program; Offut, AFB in Omaha Nebraska, and most recently the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton OH where he was an Instructor and the Course Director for Systems Engineering Management. An avid fitness and sports enthusiast he spent his winter free time on the slopes becoming an accomplished Telemark skier and serving with the National Ski Patrol. Summers his free time was spent hiking, running, including the Boston and Big Sur International Marathons, and his passion, long-distance biking including many RAGBRAI events for the Air Force and numerous Iron Man competitions. He is survived by his mother Meg Donat (Rich) of Monterey, CA, father David L. Butterfield (Barbara) of Bellevue, Washington, sister Kerin Butterfield and niece Alyssa Butterfield of Sacramento,CA, half sister Anne Case, half brother Erik Butterfield, numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. His warm smile and free spirit were loved by all. He will be sorely missed but never forgotten. A Memorial Service will be held at Chapel three in Page Manor housing at Wright Patterson AFB on Friday, March 25, 2011 at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests any donations in David's memory be made to the Fisher House, Post Office Box 33871 Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433. Please make checks payable to FNHI (stands for Fisher/Nightingale Houses, Inc.) The Fisher House enables active and retired military family members to be close to love one's during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease, or injury. Condolences for his family may be expressed online at www.tobiasfuneralhome.com.