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Nov. 25, 2025

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Patricia Butler Obituary

Patricia Esther Butler, 82, of rural McClure, Ohio died peacefully Saturday, November 22, 2025 at her residence.

Pat was born June 19th, 1943 at her family home in Richland Township, Ohio to the late Ronald and Geraldine (Becker) Muntz. On January 20, 1962, she married Delbert Butler in Holgate, Ohio and he preceded her in death on April 14th, 2024.

Pat had worked as a teletype operator for Defiance Crescent News, an Avon lady, and retired as a cook at Otsego Schools. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, McClure, Ohio.

Pat loved music. She learned how to play the piano and organ as a girl, playing for her childhood church and then learned to play several other instruments over the years. She also enjoyed sewing, crafts, baking, canning, gardening, and loved her pets.

She is survived by her children, Sherry (Mike) Vasko, Chris Weaks, and Edward Butler; grandchildren, Matt (Nicole) Rowland, Sonia (Mark) Schlegel, Jason Vasko, Christopher (Kat) Vasko, and Brian Vasko; great grandchildren, Raven, Roslyn, Willow, and Wyatt Rowland; Emery and Elyse Schlegel; Lincoln, Issac, and Josiah Vasko; Caden Vasko and Bryson Kryder; brother, Robert (Myra) Muntz; and sister-in-law, Bonnie Muntz- Pope. She was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Sara Vasko; son-in-law, Al Weaks; and brother, Melvin Muntz.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 at Rodenberger-Gray Funeral Home, Napoleon, Ohio. Interment will follow at Hockman Cemetery, McClure, Ohio.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 3-7 p.m. and Wednesday from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Henry County Humane Society.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.rodenbergergray.com

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Crescent-News on Nov. 23, 2025.

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Visitation

3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Rodenberger-Gray Funeral Home - Napoleon

1010 Westmoreland Avenue, Napoleon, OH

Nov

26

Visitation

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Rodenberger-Gray Funeral Home - Napoleon

1010 Westmoreland Avenue, Napoleon, OH

Nov

26

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Rodenberger-Gray Funeral Home - Napoleon

1010 Westmoreland Avenue, Napoleon, OH

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