Carolyn June Butts, 88, died Sept. 24, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born Feb. 22, 1928, at Larned, she was the daughter of Ralph and Pearl Lena (Dirks) Unruh. On Aug. 15, 1946, she married Joseph Oral Butts at Great Bend. They later divorced. She was an LPN at Larned State Hospital.
Mrs. Butts was a member of First Christian Church.
Survivors include two sons, Wayne Butts of Dearing, Ga., and Howard Butts of Wichita; two sisters, Barbara Unruh and Charlotte Vaughn, both of Great Bend; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Robert Dean Butts, and one daughter, Dorothy Ann Butts.
Graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday at Great Bend Cemetery with Pastor Don Paden officiating. Inurnment will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Memorials are requested to American Heart Association, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.

Funeral arrangements provided by
Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road
Great Bend, KS. 67530
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Sept. 27, 2016