Patty Jo "Pj" Butler

Patty Jo "Pj" Butler obituary, Zelienople, PA

Patty Jo "Pj" Butler

Patty Butler Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Boylan Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Inc. - Renfrew/Connoquenessing Twp. on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Patty Jo "PJ" Butler, age 74, of Renfrew, passed away on Sunday, October 19, 2025, surrounded by her family.
Born on October 17, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Arthur W. and Ethel M. (Rumbaugh) Young.
To cherish her memory, PJ leaves behind her son, Michael Dunmyre (Dana); her companion, Alan L. Wilson; her stepdaughters, Katie Hinrichsen (Nils), Carla Cox (Steve), Kelly Christie, and Cassie Wood (Josh); her sisters, Vicki Semes (Paul) and Kimberly Hickey (Terry); brother Bob Young; sister-in-law Jeanne (Bowser) Mc Broom. Also survived by several grandchildren and three nephews.
In addition to her parents, PJ was preceded in death by her husband, Carl G. Butler, who passed on August 24, 2008, and her brother, Benjamin Bowser in 2007.
PJ will be laid to rest privately at Greenlawn Burial Estates.
Arrangements were entrusted to Boylan Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 856 Evans City Rd., Renfrew, PA 16053.
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