William Henry Butler 81 of Augusta, WV passed away on July 10, 2007 in the Baltimore V.A. Center.   

Born on February 8, 1926 in Medford, Mass., he was the son of the late Henry Butler and Lillian Kavanagh Butler. William was a commercial pilot and a farm manager and very knowledgable in the field of musics.  During WWII he was a Sgt. in the Army Air Force serving as a tail gunner on the B-29.

He was preceded in death by a sister Phyllis Butler.

William is survived by a sister Mary Butler of Medford, Mass., one foster daughter Janni McKee Ballard of Strasburg, Va. and was a Godfather to the McKee, Cahill and Whitacre Children.

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday July 13, 2007 at 1:00 P.M. at the McKee Funeral Home Chapel, Augusta, WV.   Interment will be at a later date.  The family will receive friends on Thursday evening 7-9 at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Hampshire County Senior Center

All arrangements are being handled by the McKee Funeral Home, Augusta, WV.