BUTLER, Helen Louise (Lilley) - b. February 6, 1931 - d. December 23, 2015

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Helen Louise (Lilley) Butler went to meet her Savior on December 23, 2015 at her farm of 51 years in rural Neal, Kansas at the age of 84.  She was born on February 6, 1931, the daughter of Frederick Wayne and Clarice (Criger) Lilley on her Grandpa and Grandma Lilley's farm in rural Piedmont, Kansas.

Helen graduated from Tonovay High School in Tonovay, Kansas with the Class of 1949.  She worked for Western Union and the Credit Bureau in Eureka, Kansas.  On February 25, 1950, she was united in marriage to Albert Leon Butler at the home of Reverend Johnson in Eureka.  She and Albert raised 7 children, and she loved working in her garden and raising her sheep.  She was a member of the Neal Evangelical Free Church.

Helen is survived by seven children, Debra and husband, Bill Weingartner of Madison, Kansas, Marsha and husband, Terry Dunham of Eureka, Kansas, Belinda and husband, Larry Mead of Tonovay, Kansas, Greg and wife, Ann Butler of Neal, Kansas, Alisa Milner of Neal, Kansas, Rebecca and husband, Rick Stever of Eureka, Kansas, and Angela Butler-Clark of Neal, Kansas; 18 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 2 siblings, Aline McKenzie of Howard, Kansas and Frank Lilley of Fort Collins, Colorado.  She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and 3 siblings, Bob Lilley, Ralph Lilley, and Kay Knudsen.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 28, 2015 at Koup Family Funeral Home in Eureka, Kansas with Pastor Larry Evans of the Neal Evangelical Free Church officiating.  Interment will follow at Star Cemetery near Piedmont, Kansas.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Greenwood County Home Health or to the Neal Evangelical Free Church.  Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home, 121 N. Oak Street, Eureka, Kansas 67045, which is in charge of funeral arrangements.

(taken from the Koup Family Funeral Home website)