Jean Butchart

Dear Joe & Amy,
Our heartfelt condolences to you and your family for your loss. Our prayers are with you during this difficult time.

Praying for all of you during this sad and tragic time. We remember your family when our daughter went to school at Huron Valley years ago. May God give all of you peace during this time and the many months ahead. God Bless.

So many students, including myself, had Mr. Butchart as a substitute teacher. He was incredibly welcoming and approached students with kindness and care. All of us are so shattered by this news. May he rest in peace :(

I was in a community group with Jean and his smile, his presence.. He always made me feel at ease with myself, more comfortable in the room. This is a great loss to the queer community and I am sending my love, support, and warmth <3

I feel great sadness at this difficult time. Know that you are in my hearts prayer-pocket.

My heart goes out to your family. I can't even imagine this kind of pain with losing a loved one to such a senseless tragedy. The words above were so lovely about Jean and really showed the kind of person they were. Much love to you all.

I was a student with Jean in the ENVI program at Eastern. Jean and I had many courses together and spent a lot of time together in GeoClub, conferences, study hours, and other activities. I cherish all of the time I spent with Jean fondly. Jean was such an amazing person. I learned so much from Jean about life, happiness, serving others, prioritizing my needs and taking care of myself, and how fun the pursuit of knowledge can be. Jean always wanted to learn. He attended every study session, every extra curricular meeting, every adventurous event, and always had a list of thought-provoking questions after each lecture. Jean was never afraid to ask the questions we were all too afraid to ask, and we all were better off because of Jean's bravery. Jean offered me tremendous support during my years of research and journey to publish. Jean is one of the few I thanked in my thesis. He helped me organize my thoughts, contextualize some hydro aspects relating to my research, and offered emotional support as doing research can be a heavy operation. Jean was the most emotionally intelligent person I have ever met, and I learned a lot about emotional intelligence from him. He was very supportive of others, and also protective of his mental health which had a profound impact on my own mental health journey in college. Jean you will be sorely missed. This world has lost an amazing person.