Ray Davin Butler, 92, passed away March 21, 2025, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. She was born October 27, 1932, in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada to Thomas & Margarette Knapp.

Ray married Lyle Waggerman and, from this union, had five children. They later divorced. She married Richard Butler on July 2, 1982, in Central City, Nebraska. They made Great Bend their home in 2012. She worked as a salesclerk for a shoe store. She loved to travel with Lake Wilson being one of her favorite places. She was a volunteer of the Corps of Engineers from 2009 to 2011 at Lake Wilson. She was a member of Grace Community Church.

Survivors include her husband of 42 years, Richard Butler; sons, Larry Waggerman of Phoenix, Ariz., Ron Waggerman and his wife Dawn of Las Vegas, Nev.; daughters, Nora Quinn and her husband Dick of Grand Island, Nebr., Lorna Klein of Canada; stepsons, Dave Butler of Garden City, Keith Butler of Russell, Brad Butler of Pierceville; and sister, Betty; and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, and son, Raymond Waggerman.

Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Alton, Kansas. Memorials have been designated to the Alzheimer’s Association, in care of Bryant Funeral Home, 1425 Patton Rd., Great Bend, KS 67530. 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net.

Funeral arrangements provided by

Bryant Funeral Home

1425 Patton Road

Great Bend, KS  67530

Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, May 24, 2025