Lt. Col. Heber M. Butler 1921-2012
Michael Butler writes:
This is to inform you of the passing of Lt Col Heber M Butler on 30 March 2012, and his wife, Martena T Butler on 7 June 2012.
Lt Col Butler served combat tours in North Africa, Korea, and South Viet Nam. The fighter aircraft he flew were P-38, F-86, and F-100. His wife Martena rode a train from Sacramento CA to Florida where they were married 5 days before he departed with his brother Richard enroute via England to their assignment to P-38s with the 82nd. She supported him throughout their marriage ~70 years by making homes for him and their 8 children in a dozen different locations over the course of his career as a flying NCO in the US Army Air Corps and Commissioned Officer in the USAF.
The pilots of four F-16s from Hill AFB did an absolutely magnificent job of a flying a “missing man” formation over Heber’s burial ceremonies in a window of clear sky that opened just 15 minutes before, then closed again just 15 minutes after their flyover.
Read Heber M. Butler’s obituary.
Read more about Butler’s 33-year military career.
This is to inform you of the passing of Lt Col Heber M Butler on 30 March 2012, and his wife, Martena T Butler on 7 June 2012.
Lt Col Butler served combat tours in North Africa, Korea, and South Viet Nam. The fighter aircraft he flew were P-38, F-86, and F-100. His wife Martena rode a train from Sacramento CA to Florida where they were married 5 days before he departed with his brother Richard enroute via England to their assignment to P-38s with the 82nd. She supported him throughout their marriage ~70 years by making homes for him and their 8 children in a dozen different locations over the course of his career as a flying NCO in the US Army Air Corps and Commissioned Officer in the USAF.
The pilots of four F-16s from Hill AFB did an absolutely magnificent job of a flying a “missing man” formation over Heber’s burial ceremonies in a window of clear sky that opened just 15 minutes before, then closed again just 15 minutes after their flyover.
Read Heber M. Butler’s obituary.
Read more about Butler’s 33-year military career.
