Mary Etta Buttray
May 18, 1941 ~ December 9, 2012
Born in:
meadville, PA
Resided in:
Meadville, PA
Mary Etta Buttray, 71, of Pachuk Road, Meadville, passed away, Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Meadville Medical Center. She was born May 18, 1941 in Meadville a daughter of Charles Clark and Katie Borntreger. She married Karl D. Buttray on August 18, 1973, he survives.
She attended Meadville Area High School and worked for Channellock for 16 years before going back to school to become an Licensed Practical Nurse.
Mary was a member of First Christian Church.
In her younger days Mary enjoyed bowling in several leagues and country music concerts; she also was an excellent cook, baker, and seamstress.
In addition to her loving husband, Karl of 39 years, Mary is also survived by a daughter, Crystal Schaefer and her husband Kerry of Linesville; three sons, Jeffry Smith and his wife Mary of Linesville, Michael Smith of Meadville, and Douglas Smith and his wife Janet of Waldorf, Maryland; two step-daughters, Karla Buttray of Meadville and Nancy Jo Mattocks of Meadville; two step-sons, Karl Buttray, Jr. and his wife Laura of Meadville and William "Bill" Buttray of Meadville; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Shirley Yoder and Clara Kegley; and one brother, Bill Clark.
Family and friends are welcome to call on Tuesday, December 11th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Roofner-Collins-Warren Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 544 Chestnut Street, Meadville. An additional calling hour will be on Wednesday, December 12th from 11:00am to 12:00pm with the funeral service to follow at 12:00pm at the funeral home with Associate Minister Roger Smith of First Christian Church, officiating.
Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Vernon Township.
In memory of Mary her family would like memorial contributions to be made to The American Diabetes Association, 100 W. Station Square Dr., Suite 1900, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
Please take a moment to share a memory, a condolence, or order flowers for the family on Mary's book of memories online at www.roofnercollinswarrenfh.com
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My first job as a graduate RN was working with Mary. She took me under her “wing” and taught me what nursing was really about. She always was kind and honest and could be trusted to help. She was a mentor to me and I will not forget her. My deepest sympathy to all of her family…..
I only met Mary a few times many years ago, but some of the Buttray family I knew quite well. I remember spending one Christmas with your family not long after she married into it. She was very nervous, but very nice also. A very good cook as I recall. I’m a Christian now and so I praise the Lord that Mary has gone home to be with Him, but also understand the pain and loss you all feel with her now missing from your lives. May God bless you with the peace that passes human understanding as you learn to live with a large empty spot in your hearts. We Christians know that to be absent from the body is to be in wonderful Glory at the side of Jesus Christ, Mary’s savior.
“Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger Generation. For they are US, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.” -Albert Einstein