Butterbrodt, Velma Pauline (Hein)

UPDATED ONLINE ONLY: Funeral services for Velma Pauline (Hein) Butterbrodt, 99, Tipton, who died Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, at Prairie Hills, Tipton, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at First United Church of Christ, Tipton. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Burial will be at St. John's Cemetery, Clarence.

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Velma was born Sept. 3, 1911, in Lowden, Iowa. She was the daughter of Ferdinand “Fordy” Henry and Wilhelmina  “Minnie” Louise Meier Hein. Velma was a 1929 graduate of Clarence High School. She married William Henry Butterbrodt on March 8, 1931, at the St. John's Evangelical Parsonage, Clarence.

Velma was a member of the First United Church of Christ, Tipton, W.O.T.M., South Prairie Aide, Martha‘s Circle and the Tipton Women's Club. She was a homemaker and farmer's wife. She was employed at the Maid-Rite, Gambles and Mode-O-Day.

Velma is survived by her daughter, Jeneane (James Wm.) Stiff of Tipton; sons, Robert (Elaine) Butterbrodt of Clarence, and William Jr. (Sandra) Butterbrodt of Gold Canyon, Ariz.; nine grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on June 18, 2002; granddaughter, Lynn Fraker; grandson, Ross Butterbrodt; brother, Marvin Hein; and sisters, Leone Burmeister and Eleanor Kruckenberg.