Individual Record 236
| Name} Butler, Peter Franklin (Frank) | Family History} Hancock | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title} | Race} White | Sex} Male | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth: Date} Exa 23 Mar 1915 | Place} , Napa, California | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Marr.: Date} Cir 1937 | Place} (Link) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Death: Date} Exa 28 Jan 2003 | Place} Nimshew, Butte, California | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial: Date} Cir 1 Feb 2003 | Place} | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parents: } Guy Edmond Butler & Bessie Edna Samuels Relationship No.} 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Household No.} 232 = 216 B Street, Napa, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation 1} Mechanic Occupation 2} Flume tender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion/Church} Methodist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouses: First}
Sites, Velma May Total Number of} 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes: Frank graduated from Napa schools and later served as a Navy Seabee master
mechanic on Eniwetok Atoll during World War II. After returning to the
states, he worked for Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) for 46 years in Sacramento
and Placerville, California, as a lead/master mechanic. Later he held
positions in El Dorado County at PG&E's El Dorado Camp II, Bucks Lake, and
DeSabla as a year-around trouble-shooter. A longtime Butte County resident,
Frank and his wife Velma moved to Paradise in 1956 and subsequently to the small
community of Nimshew in 1964. Frank was a member of the El Dorado Masons, the DeSabla Grange, the Paradise Historical Society, the Butte County Historical Society, the Retired Employees of PG&E, as well as many philanthropic organizations. Frank's favorite hobby was cutting wood for friends and family. He actively continued falling, bucking, and splitting wood up to the day of his death. He passed away at age 87 years and 10 months. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time of Birth} | Time of Death} | Fraternal/Social} Masons, Grange | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Baptism Date} | Place} | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Confirm. Date} | Photo} None | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Immigr'n Date} N/A | Port} N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Education: Grade} High school diploma | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military: Service} U.S. Navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Health Condition} Cause of Death} |
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