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- MAX ARCHER BUTLER LUMBER AND FUEL CO. OWNER
Watertown Daily Times (NY) - December 31, 1996
Max Archer Butler, 80, of 49 Park St., died Monday in Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown.
Mr. Butler and his brother, Harry M., Pulaski, owned and operated Butler Lumber and Fuel Co., which they bought from their father, for 40 years until Mr. Butler retired in 1986. He was also an accountant at Oswego Candy Works and at Sealright Corp., Fulton.
Born May 11, 1916, in Cazenovia, son of George and Florence Webber Butler, he graduated from Pulaski Academy High School in 1934 and from Rider Business College, Trenton, N.J. He served in the Navy Seabees from 1942 to 1946.
He married Margaret Louise Manwaring on July 9, 1937, in the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Chittenango, with the Rev. Martin Foster officiating. Mr. Butler was a life resident of Pulaski.
Mr. Butler was a member of Park United Methodist Church and the Pulaski Masonic Lodge. He was a member and past president of the Pulaski Chamber of Commerce, a former zoning officer and planning board member of the village of Pulaski, a former member of the Pulaski Service Club and a charter member of the Elms Golf Club.
Surviving besides his wife and brother are two sons, James L. and Thomas M., both of Pulaski; a sister, Dorothy Wolner, Pulaski, three grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
A grandson died in 1992.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Foster-Hax Funeral Home with the Rev. Elizabeth Mowry officiating. Spring burial will be in Pulaski Cemetery.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Donations may be made to the Ringgold Fire Department Fund or the Northern Oswego County Ambulance.
Class of 1934 PACS
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1916 - 1996 (80 years)