Champaign News Gazette- Oct. 1979
Zora Butzow- St. Joseph

Zora G. Butzow, 86, died at 1 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 18, 1979) at Carle
Foundation Hospital.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Freese Funeral Home, St. Joseph, the Rev. Billy M. Pearson officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview. Visitation will be 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

She was born Aug. 30, 1893 in Sidney Township, daughter of D.D. and Belle Rudisill Rudicill. She married Edward Butzow Dec. 22, 1910. He survives.Other survivors include three sons, Harold and Donald of Phoenix, Ariz; and Gleason of rural Urbana; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three brothers.

She was a lifelong resident of the St. Joseph area, member of the Church of Christ, St. Joseph, and member of the Eastern Star Lodge. She was also a member of the Countrywomen's club of St. Joseph and active in community affairs.

Submitted by Marguerite Butzow