Connie Butcher Leon

Connie Lois Butcher, 64, of Leon died Nov. 1, 2015, at her daughter’s home outside of Grant City, Missouri.

Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Slade-O’Donnell Funeral Home, 103 N.E. Mill St., in Leon with the Rev. Dale Short officiating. Burial was in the Leon Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established by the family.

Connie Lois Butcher, daughter of Neil and Evelyn Mae (Rumley) Butcher, was born Jan. 9, 1951, in Leon.

Connie grew up in the Leon area and traveled a lot as her father worked road construction throughout Iowa. She graduated from Central Decatur High School in 1969, and later DMACC in Des Moines where she took secretarial classes.

Connie was a lifetime employee of Jimmy Dean in Osceola. She held various other jobs throughout her life including Mosaic Life Care after Jimmy Dean shut down. She lived mostly in the Osceola area where she owned a farm south of town.

Connie is survived by her children, Cheralee and Les Pointer of Grant City, Missouri and Dan Butcher (significant other Reva Homer) of Osceola; grandchildren, Taylor Dawn (fiance Caleb Spire) of Ravenwood, Missouri, Haley Jane, Nathan Wayne and Conner Mark, all of Grant City, Missouri, Michael James of Des Moines and Kinzee Nicole of Murray; mother Evelyn Butcher of Leon; sister Shirley (husband David) Blades of Leon; brothers, Terry (wife Sherri) Butcher and Claudie (wife Candy) Butcher, all of Leon; many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Connie was preceded in death by her son Michael Darin in 1990; father Neil Butcher in 1992; grandparents, Ruby Awana Owens Rumley, Joe Rumley, Claudie and Elsie Wasson Butcher Turpin; other family including aunts, uncles and cousins.