Kimberly Butler

KIMBERLY BUTLER

Tiffin

Kimberly Marie Butler, 37, of Tiffin, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2015, at her home due to

complications of congenital heart disease. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at Geilenfeld

Funeral Home in Oelwein. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, at the funeral home as well. Interment will be in Cass Township Cemetery, Strawberry Point.

Memorials may be directed to Iowa Legal Aid.

For condolences, please visit www.geilenfeld fh.com.

Kim was born in Oelwein, Iowa, on April 3, 1978, to parents Steve and Becky (Tryon) Ellis. She graduated from Oelwein High School in 1996. She then graduated from the University of Northern Iowa, with her degree in criminology and political science, in 2001. She later graduated from the University of Iowa School of Law in 2008. She was an attorney with Iowa Legal Aid in Cedar Rapids until her illness made her unable to work. On Sept. 26, 2009, Kim was united in marriage with Mark Butler at Zion Lutheran Church in Oelwein.

She enjoyed sporting events, especially those of the Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Cubs and Bears. Most important to Kim were her friends and family.

She will be dearly missed.

Left to celebrate Kim's life are her husband, Mark; her mother, Becky Ellis of Oelwein; her in-laws, Susan and Art Butler of Fort Madison; her brothers in-law, Jeremy (Christine Chappel) Butler of Lamont and Adam (Andrea) Butler of Omaha, Neb.; her niece, Brooklyn Butler; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her father, Steve Ellis; her brother, Matthew Ellis; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.