Hershel Butcher, 79, of rural Wabash, Indiana, died at 11:45 pm, Friday, July 8, 2016 at Miller’s Merry Manor East in Wabash. He was born May 23, 1937 in Van Lear, Kentucky to Thomas Hensley and Pearl (Bowling) Butcher.
Hershel married Paula Gordon in Wabash on August 9, 1959. He worked for Ford Meter Box in Wabash 19 years, retiring in 1992. He was affiliated with the Lord’s Table Ministries. Hershel enjoyed fishing, raising strawberries, mushroom hunting, but gardening was his passion.
He is survived by his wife, Paula Butcher of Wabash, three children, Diana (Larry) Weitzel and Kathy Gardner, both of Wabash, Vance (Kim) Butcher of Greenfield, Indiana, 15 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, sister, Joann Music of LaFontaine, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, four sisters, three half brothers, three half sisters, and one great grandchild.
Funeral services will be 2 pm, Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Roxane Mann officiating. Entombment will be in Chapel of Remembrance Mausoleum, in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4 – 8 pm, Tuesday at the funeral home.
The memorial guest book for Hershel may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.