Obituaries : Dale Butterfield

Dale Lee Butterfield 75, of Vinton Iowa died April 12, 2018. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 1:00 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, located at 307 North K Avenue, Vinton Iowa. You can pay your respects to the family beginning at 11:30. Anyone is welcome to attend. A private inurnment will take place at a later date. Dale was born January 7, 1943 to Carl and Carlotta (Welch) Butterfield in Cedar Rapids Iowa. He graduated from Washington High, in Vinton Iowa in 1963. On March 24, 1978 he married Sharon Lowe in Anamosa Iowa. Throughout his life Dale worked at Perfex, ran a Sinclair gas station, owned a saw mill and was a machinist at John Deer and Cedar Rapids Inc. He retired in January 2008 He is survived by his wife Sharon, children Dalice Kropp of Gainesville Fl, Dale Lee Jr. of Vinton Ia, Kristin Nissen of Quartz Hill Ca., and Nichole Smith of Vinton Ia., 4 grandchildren Melanie and Randy Kropp and Alayna and Roman Smith, his brothers Courtland and Chet Butterfield, and sisters Maxiene Noller and Hazel Prue, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, mother and sister Barbara Sumner. Dale loved spending time with his family and friends. His grandchildren were his pride and joy. He also enjoyed sharing his love of Bible knowledge with others. As many know he loved the outdoors and always made time for fishing with his buddies, hunting, looking for mushrooms, and exploring nature. He was a jack of all trades and could figure out a way to fix just about anything. He will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Dale Butterfield memorial fund.