Paul Butler

Services for Paul L. Butler, 85, of Lubbock, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, January 20, 2024, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, with John Villarreal officiating.

Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery.

Mr. Butler passed away January 13, 2024, in Lubbock. He was born April 16, 1938, in Alba, to Joseph Claude and Georgia Jewel Poston Butler. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1963. Paul worked for Martin Lockheed for 40 years as an aerospace engineer. He loved to “chew the fat” with any and everyone. Paul had lived in Mineola for 6 years, before moving to Lubbock 2 years ago. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Jim Butler; and half-brother, Flois Butler.

Survivors include his wife, Judy Cross of West Plains, MO; son, Richard Butler of Carson City, NV; four daughters, Dawn Gutschke and husband Nathan of Lubbock, Denise Haukkala and husband Edward of Farmington, UT, Shannon Kilzer and husband Stu of Colorado Springs, CO, and Julie Brodie of Denver, CO; sister, Linnie Bryant of Hughes Springs; five grandchildren; mother of his children, Bonita Brodie of Farmington, UT; and numerous other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be Nathan Gutschke, Jonathan Gutschke, Richard Butler, Bud Bryant, Phillip Alderson, Stu Kilzer, and Connor Hoell.

The family will receive friends, from noon until 2 p.m., at the funeral home.