Marion Luce Butler

Age 89
Loving Mother and Grandmother

Marion Butler, age 89, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, May 7, 2016 at Preston in Jenners Pond. Marion Luce Butler was born March 8, 1927 to Jesse Menzies and Philip Montague Luce in Brooklyn, NY. She moved with her family to New Rochelle, New York at a young age where she met her future husband. Marion is a 1949 graduate of Connecticut College. She married Herbert Fuller Butler Jr., 1949 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, on September 30, 1950.

Her husband, Herb, preceded her in death. She is survived by her brother; Robert Luce (wife Nancy) and her children; Dr. Virginia Reef, Barbara Brenner (husband Carl), Herbert (Skip) Butler III (wife Karen) and grandchildren Charles (wife Becca), Nathan (wife Cassi), William Brenner and Veronica and Brigitte Butler.

Marion was always proud of her Scottish heritage and was pleased to have visited the castle Menzies in Scotland attending a gathering of the clan. She enjoyed numerous overseas and domestic tours of duty with her husband, including Japan, France, Germany, and Hawaii.

In her younger years, Marion worked as an elementary school teacher. When her children were grown, she became interested in genealogy and parlayed that interest into a job at the Daughters of the American Revolution, in Washington, DC.

On retirement she and Herb moved to Wintergreen in Nellysford, Virginia where she became involved in the book and investment clubs and the Nature Conservancy among other things. Marion and Herb stayed active with tennis and skiing and also enjoyed traveling around the world including trips to China, New Zealand, Norway, Alaska, San Juan Islands, Newfoundland, Italy, Galapagos, Costa Rica, and St. Lucia. She was somewhat of an adventurer throughout her life, starting with following her husbands naval ship around the Mediterranean with other young Navy wives, followed by road trips throughout Europe, to attending Outward Bounds Maine Coast Sailing adventure.

When her husband died, Marion moved to Jenner’s Pond in West Grove, Pennsylvania where she made many friends and continued with the book and investment clubs here, as well as becoming active in the photography club. She enjoyed the cultural activities in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area, particularly the Delaware Symphony, the Delaware Theater, the REP Theater at the University of Delaware, musicals at the Kimmel Center, the Pennsylvania Ballet, the Philadelphia Art museum, the Barnes Foundation and the Brandywine River museum. She loved gardening and visiting the gardens at Longwood and Winterthur.

She was a loving wife and mother and a doting grandmother and shared her joy of travel with her children and grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

There will be a Celebration of Life service on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 4:30 PM in the Activities Room of the Allison Building at Jenner’s Pond Retirement Community, 2000 Greenbrair Lane, West Grove, PA 19290

There will be a Memorial Service and interment on Saturday, July 9 at 11:00 AM at Kensico Cemetery, 273 Lakeview Ave., Valhala, NY 10595. Lunch to follow at nearby restaurant. (Please notify the family if you are coming to lunch so we can account for everyone in the reservation.) In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to one of the following: The Benevolent Care Fund at Jenners Pond, The Menzies Charitable Trust and Friends of Castle Menzies at http://www.castlemenzies.org or The Nature Foundation at Wintergreen at www.twnf.org.

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The Benevolent Care Fund at Jenners Pond
2000 Greenbriar Lane
West Grove, PA 19390

The Menzies Charitable Trust and Friends of Castle Menzies

The Nature Foundation at Wintergreen


Services

Celebration of Life
June 6, 2016 4:30 PM
Activities Room of the Allison Building at Jenner's Pond Retirement Community
2000 Greenbrair Lane, West Grove, PA 19290


Memorial Service
July 9, 2016 11AM
Kensico Cemetery, 273 Lakeview Ave., Valhala, NY 10595
Lunch to follow at nearby restaurant

****Please notify the family if you are coming to lunch so we can account for everyone in the reservation****

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