Butler, Mary Margaret

Mary Margaret Butler, 92, of Sigourney, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at her daughter's home in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Powell Funeral Home in Sigourney, with the Rev. John DeBoef officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Sigourney. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday at Powell Funeral Home in Sigourney.

Margaret was born July 24, 1917, near What Cheer, to Jessie and Anna Belle (Courtney) May and graduated from What Cheer High School. On April 11, 1939, she married Gene William Butler in Lancaster, Mo. The couple lived in Sigourney where Margaret worked at People's Wholesale for 13 years and taught piano for 10 years. She was a member of Hilltop Chapel in What Cheer where she played piano. She was also the organist and choir director at the Sigourney Christian Church for many years and played the organ for countless funerals and weddings. Margaret was a member of the Aspasia Chapter Order of the Eastern Star and enjoyed crafts and sewing.

Survivors include two daughters, Janice Coon and husband Bob of Louisville, Ky., and Bethany Ann Wood and husband Everett of Cedar Rapids; six grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; one sister, Louise Jones of Marshalltown; and one brother, Roy May of Apache Junction, Ariz.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gene in 1997; granddaughter, Carrie Aller in 2007; two sisters, Ruth Heaton and Flossie Larrimer; and one brother, Lloyd May.

A memorial fund has been established. Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Sigourney is caring for Margaret and her family.

Condolences may be e-mailed at under obituaries.

Special thank you to Hospice Compassus and her loving caregivers, Diane and Andrea.