Submitted by: Dan Rich

Amanda Butler

Oct. 18, 1892 - Jan. 10, 1994

South Bend Tribune 1/11/1994

SOUTH BEND - Amanda Butler, 101, of Meridian Nursing Center-Cardinal, formerly of 2106 Kenwood St., died at 8 a.m. Monday in the nursing home. Mrs. Butler was born Oct. 18, 1892, in Greenville, Miss., and lived in South Bend since 1924, coming from Marianna, Ark.

In 1923, in Marianna, she married William Butler. He preceded her in death. She is survived by two daughters, Rose Weaver and Jessie Butler, both of South Bend; two sons, Henry of Indianapolis and William of South Bend; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchidren; numerous great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Anna Bates of Chicago. She was a member of Pilgrim Missionary Baptist church and its Missionary Society.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the church. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka. Friends may call one hour before services on Thursday in the church. Clark's Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.