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David Andrew Butler
November 18, 2005
David Andrew Butler, 83, of 22 Porter Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center.
Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1923, the son of Patrick and Mary Magority Butler, he attended schools in Hinsdale and Pittsfield and was a 1941 graduate of Pittsfield High School.
An Army veteran of World War II, he served in the European theater from 1943 to 1945.
Mr. Butler was employed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works for more than 40 years. He retired as a supervisor in 1988.
He was a communicant of St. Patrick's Church in Hinsdale, where he was an usher.
He enjoyed fishing, hunting and traveling the back roads of New England.
His first wife, the former Marjorie Collins, died in 1965.
He and his wife, the former Harriet S. Snyder, were married Nov. 26, 1970, in St. Patrick's Church.
Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Kathleen Baczynski of Weatherford, Texas, and two grandchildren.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for David A. Butler, who died Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, will be conducted tomorrow at 9 at DERY-FOLEY FUNERAL HOME, with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10 at St. Patrick's Church celebrated by the Rev. Christopher Malatesta, pastor. Burial will follow in the family plot in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Patrick's Church, in care of the funeral home, 890 East Main St., Dalton, MA 01226. Mr. Butler is lovingly survived by his two grandchildren, Peter and Katie Baczynski; by his son-in-law, Edmund Baczynski, and by several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by a sister, Catherine Butler Eastland.
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