Butler Funeral Home

Butler Funeral Home For five decades Butler Funeral Home has provided the very finest in arrangements to the Bolivar and

Butler Funeral Home continues to be a leader in “personalization” where each family is afforded the opportunity to “celebrate” the life of their family member with photos and memorabilia. From the very beginning, Butler Funeral Home has been known for setting the highest standards in the area in the funeral profession. Each family not only receives personal and efficient service from the Butler st

aff but with facilities and equipment that are always up to date and well kept. In 1969, The Butler Chapel was built and became a landmark for quality and spaciousness known throughout Southwest Missouri as “the finest”.

Ion Oprea, 49 of Bolivar, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Bolivar. Funeral services will be held at 2...
07/23/2025

Ion Oprea, 49 of Bolivar, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Bolivar.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, July 24, 2025, at Butler Funeral Home in Bolivar.

Burial will take place at Mt. Gilead Cemetery

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Joie Louise (Shuler) Fuller was born in Springfield, Missouri, on August 29, 1944, to Henry and Francis (Vincent) Shuler...
07/21/2025

Joie Louise (Shuler) Fuller was born in Springfield, Missouri, on August 29, 1944, to Henry and Francis (Vincent) Shuler. She grew up in Aldrich where she attended elementary school prior to graduating from Fair Play High School in 1962.

Joie’s greatest joy in life was her family. She was a...

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Penny Jean Haun was born in Missouri to Wayne and Peggy Nicholas on October 15th, 1947.  As the oldest of their 3 childr...
07/18/2025

Penny Jean Haun was born in Missouri to Wayne and Peggy Nicholas on October 15th, 1947. As the oldest of their 3 children, she was a loving sister to Pam and Michael Nicholas. She attended school in the southwest Missouri area and later became a young mother to 2 children, Lisa and Robert. ...

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Nancy Grace McMillin was born on August 26, 1933, on a farm south of Greenfield, Missouri. She passed peacefully into et...
07/16/2025

Nancy Grace McMillin was born on August 26, 1933, on a farm south of Greenfield, Missouri. She passed peacefully into eternity on July 15, 2025 at the age of 91. She was the first child of Lacey and Mildred (Marshall) Stapp. She grew up on that farm and enjoyed climbing trees, milking cows, and...

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Glen Dale Copeland, son of Olen and Bertha Copeland, passed July 13, 2025. He was born September 18, 1951, at Springfiel...
07/14/2025

Glen Dale Copeland, son of Olen and Bertha Copeland, passed July 13, 2025. He was born September 18, 1951, at Springfield Osteopathic, and was a lifelong resident of Bolivar. Glen grew up regularly attending Barren Creek Cumberland Presbyterian church with his parents, brothers and sister, and...

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Dottie Mae Fellers, 88, of Clinton MO passed on July 14, 2025.  She was born March 25, 1937, in Iowa City, Iowa to Lawre...
07/14/2025

Dottie Mae Fellers, 88, of Clinton MO passed on July 14, 2025. She was born March 25, 1937, in Iowa City, Iowa to Lawrence and Mabel (Harrington) Gray.
Dottie was preceded in death by her parents, first husband Darwin Clark, 6 brothers, William Gray, Richard Gray, John Gray, Raymond Gray,...

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Summer's finally here!
07/11/2025

Summer's finally here!

Thomas Allen Newberry, 70, of Bolivar, MO, passed away at his home in Bolivar, July 7th at 9:47 AM after a hard-fought b...
07/07/2025

Thomas Allen Newberry, 70, of Bolivar, MO, passed away at his home in Bolivar, July 7th at 9:47 AM after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He is preceded in death by his mother, Barbara Newberry, and his father, James Robert Newberry. He is survived by his wife, Floeva Newberry, a son, T.J....

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Grace Natalie Gibbs was born in St. Louis, MO, on November 7, 2004. Her parents are Brenda and Dennis Lane. She attended...
07/07/2025

Grace Natalie Gibbs was born in St. Louis, MO, on November 7, 2004. Her parents are Brenda and Dennis Lane. She attended and graduated from Bolivar High School and later achieved her apprenticeship as a cook by the Department of Labor. She was employed at CMH Healthcare Facility as a Dietary...

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07/04/2025

🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

Today we honor the freedom we enjoy and the brave men and women who made it possible.

From all of us at Butler Funeral Home, we wish you a safe, meaningful, and reflective 4th of July!

Effie Maxine Cron, 85 of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in Springfield, Missouri. Effie ...
06/30/2025

Effie Maxine Cron, 85 of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in Springfield, Missouri.

Effie was born in Wishart, Missouri, on January 23, 1940, to Loyal “Dude” and Pearl Cossins. She graduated from Morrisville High School.

She Met Richard Cron in the fall of 1958,...

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Virginia Lee Nottingham Stauffacher, 91, of Dunnegan, Missouri, passed away on June 18, 2025.She was born July 24, 1933,...
06/18/2025

Virginia Lee Nottingham Stauffacher, 91, of Dunnegan, Missouri, passed away on June 18, 2025.
She was born July 24, 1933, at her home near Dunnegan, the daughter of Lonnie Nottingham and Ethel Belle (Hopper) Nottingham. On October 26, 1952, she was united in marriage to Ralph Alan Stauffacher at...

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