Bernard "Ray" Butler

Bernard Ray Butler, 85, passed away at home on December, 11, 2024. Ray was raised in Florence, Alabama and spent his retirement years in Florence, Colorado.

Ray is a Navy veteran. He retired from the Canon City Police Department as Assistant Police Chief in 1987. Ray owned an RV business in Canon City before working for Colorado Department of Corrections-Skyline. He traveled extensively throughout the United States and abroad. Ray enjoyed camping, boating, horses and the Denver Broncos. Time with family was most important.

Ray is survived by his sister, Brenda (Hugh) Smith of Killen, Alabama; ex-wife, Deloria; children, Greg (Susan) Butler, Jeff Butler, Sharmeyla (Robert) Roscoe and Audrea (Holly) Butler; grandsons, Justin, Nathan, Tyler, Chancey, Chris, Bryce, and Carson; and great- grandchildren, Tyson, Makenna, Lexia, Lawrence and Marshall. His first great-great grandchild is expected soon.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Arthur Roy and Mary Lorene McCain Butler; and siblings, Bernice Faye Butler Britnell and Alvin Leroy Butler.

Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10am at Holt Family Funeral Home: 806 Macon, Canon City, CO 81212. He will be interred at Mountain Vale Memorial Gardens in Canon City, Colorado. Memorial donations may be made to Fremont Regional Hospice.  

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