The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Monday, October 10, 1994               TAG: 9410100008
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

MARIA C. BUTTER

Maria Catherine Butter, 90, of the 800 block of Archer Dr., died Oct. 9, 1994, in a Virginia Beach nursing home.

She was born in Dinkler, Germany, and was a widow of Hermann Paul Butter. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Athens, N.Y.

She is survved by five daughters, Hildegard Frey of Southhold, N.Y., Margaret Larsen of Kingston, N.Y., Katherine Hyland of Skillman, N.J., Helen Vambell of Virginia Beach, and Marie Meyer of Hannacroix, N.Y.; 20 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Holloman-Brown Funeral Home, Lynnhaven Chapel, is in charge of local arrangements. The body will be sent to the Brady Funeral Home, Coxsackie, N.Y., for services and burial.

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