Phyllis M. Butterfield

October 25, 1935 - December 25, 2019

Phyllis M. Butterfield, age 84, of Kearney, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at Mount Carmel Home Keens Memorial in Kearney. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church with Pastor Thomas Schneider officiating. Burial will follow at Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be an hour prior to the services at the church. Memorials may be made to Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church and please visit www.hlmkfuneral.com to leave a tribute or message of condolence. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney is in charge of arrangements. Phyllis Marie Butterfield was born October 25, 1935 in Norfolk, NE. to Rex and Marie (Pilger) Spano. She only weighed 2 pounds 6 ounces when she was born and wasn’t expected to live. She grew up in Stanton, NE., attending Pilger Public School, Saint John’s Parochial School, and Stanton High School, graduating with the class of 1954. On April 22, 1956 she married Loren L. Butterfield. She was baptized, confirmed, and married all at Saint John’s Lutheran Church in Stanton. The couple moved to Kearney in 1956 and to this union was born a son, Harlan. Phyllis was a homemaker but also babysat and worked at Mount Carmel Nursing Home. She was a long-time member of Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church. She enjoyed babysitting, reading, journaling, and she loved children. Phyllis is survived by her son, Harlan Butterfield of Kearney, and her special friend Donna Haas of Kearney. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband Loren in 2005.