Funeral services were held Nov. 19 for Beatrice S. Butler. She died Nov. 17 at the Jewish Home and Care Center at age 92.
Born in New York City, she moved to Milwaukee in 1976 from Riverdale, N.Y. She was a graduate of Hunter College and worked as an art librarian at City College in New York.
In Milwaukee, she was a member of Congregation Beth Israel, its Sisterhood and seniors club, Hadassah, NA’AMAT-USA and Women’s American ORT.
An avid reader of books and newspapers, she also enjoyed knitting. According to her family, “She was a woman who cared about people. Everyone found it easy to talk to her because she listened with her heart.”
She is survived by daughter Judith (Irwin) Margolis of Milwaukee, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Her husband, Irving Butler, died in 1987.
Rabbi Jacob Herber officiated at the funeral. Burial was in Second Home Cemetery.
The family suggested memorials to the Jewish Home and Care Center or Congregation Beth Israel.
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