Eileen A Butler

Alice Eileen BUTLER

8-27-1920 to 2-13-2013
Eileen passed away February 13th 2013 at the age of 92.
She spent the last 12 years of her life at Merrill Gardens in Mount Lake Terrace WA.

Eileen was a beacon of light to all around her and she was a true inspiration to the meaning of life. She was always smiling and saying how happy she was and how blessed she was to have such a beautiful family.
She was born in Spokane, WA the daughter of Fred and Ellen Marier.

The Marier family lived in Seattle, WA where she grew up in the Laurelhurst neighborhood; she attended Roosevelt High School and graduated in 1937. Eileen married Albert Butler in August of 1941, they settled in Seattle in the Ballard area where they spent most of their married life and raised 7 children, Jim (Kathleen), Fred (Pam), Jane (Erik), Steve (Marlys), Diane, Bill (Phyllis), and John (Francisca). She leaves behind her sister, Ethel Cavanaugh and sister-in-law, Dorothy Marier. Eileen worked as a beautician in the Queen Anne area and then relocated to the Ballard area where she owned her own shop for many years.

They attended St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church where she and Al were long time active members, serving in the parish and the community. Eileen considered her Catholic faith and her family the most important aspects of her life; she will be deeply missed by all who knew her.

Eileen and Al celebrated 59 years of marriage. She was preceded in death by her husband, Al, and her sons, Jim, Steve, her daughter, Diane, and grandchildren, Philip, Sarah, Nicholai Stephen. She has 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Recitation of the Rosary will be Tuesday, February 19th at 7:45 PM and Funeral Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, February 20th at 10:30 AM; BOTH at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 22105 58th Ave W., Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043.

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