{"id":6428,"date":"2023-05-15T18:03:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T18:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=6428"},"modified":"2023-05-16T13:05:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:05:04","slug":"donald-l-don-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=6428","title":{"rendered":"Donald L. “Don” Butler"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Arkport, NY \/ Canaseraga, NY<\/p>\n

Donald L. \u201cDon\u201d Butler \u2013 79 \u2013 formerly of the Arkport \/ Canaseraga area, died Saturday (May 13, 2023) at Maple City Rehabilitation & Nursing Center (formerly Hornell Gardens), where he has resided for the past 5 months.<\/p>\n

Born in Canaseraga on May 6, 1944, he was the son of Curt & Iva (Barrett) Butler.<\/p>\n

Don grew up in Canaseraga and attended Canaseraga Central School. During his high school years, he also worked on the Butler Family Farm. He was a veteran of the US Army, serving his country during the Vietnam era.<\/p>\n

Following his honorable discharge from the US Army, Don returned to the Canaseraga area and lived most of his adult life in the Arkport \/ Canaseraga area.<\/p>\n

He was employed for many years as a bus driver for Canaseraga Central School and also owned & operated Butler Transport Service, transporting Amish for work and other appointments.<\/p>\n

Don loved sports and especially enjoyed watching College Basketball & College Football on TV. He also had a deep appreciation for classic vintage cars and throughout the years owned several. His greatest joy, however, was spending time with his grandchildren.<\/p>\n

He was preceded in death by 9 brothers & sisters.<\/p>\n

Surviving are 2 sons, Roy Butler of Livonia and Brian (Teresa) Becker of Texas; 1 daughter, Brandy Clark of Arkport; several grandchildren; great-grandchildren; nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

At Don\u2019s request there will be no calling hours. Private services will be held at the convenience of the Family.<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to St. Jude Children\u2019s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.<\/p>\n

To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arkport, NY \/ Canaseraga, NY Donald L. \u201cDon\u201d Butler \u2013 79 \u2013 formerly of the Arkport \/ Canaseraga area, died Saturday (May 13, 2023) at Maple City Rehabilitation & Nursing Center (formerly Hornell Gardens), where he has resided for the past 5 months. Born in Canaseraga on May 6, 1944, he was the son of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6435,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6428\/revisions\/6435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}