Champaign News Gazette Feb. 1982
Edward Butzow- St. Joseph

Edward Charles Butzow, 94, of St. Joseph died at 9:45 p.m. Friday (Feb. 26, 1982) at Carle Foundation Hospital.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Freese Funeral Home, St. Joseph, with the Rev. Billy Pearson officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Olive Cemetery, Mayview. Visitation will be one hour before services at the funeral home.

Mr. Butzow was born Oct. 9, 1887, in St. Joseph Township, a son of Edward and Lena Cross Butzow. He married Zora Rudisill Dec. 22, 1910. She preceded him in death Oct. 18, 1979.

Survivors include three sons, Gleason Butzow of rural Urbana, and Harold and Donald both of Phoenix, Ariz.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two half-brothers, Marshall Butzow of rural St. Joseph and Waldo Butzow of Detroit, Mich.; and two half sisters, Ruth Ehler of Florida and Gladys McKinney of Champaign. He was preceded in death also by one brother, one sister, and one half-sister.

Mr. Butzow was a life-long resident of St. Joseph engaged in farming. He attended United Methodist Church of St. Joseph.

Submitted by Marguerite Butzow