Dorothy Standridge Butler died on January 23, 2013 in Lubbock, Texas of natural causes. She was 91 years old.
She was born in Temple, Texas, on April 21, 1919 to Dolphus Bush Standridge and Robbie Quine Standridge. Her older sibling, Mary Elizabeth Standridge, preceded her in death in 2008.
Dorothy Standridge married Clifton Butler in 1945 after graduating from Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas and moving to Eagle Pass, Texas in 1944 to teach school. Her husband predeceased her in 1978.
Dorothy Butler taught at Webster Elementary School and was later a social worker for the Eagle Pass Independent School District. She was a long-time member of Redeemer Episcopal Church and late in life joined the United Methodist Church.
Butler is survived by her three sons and their spouses -- Clifton Standridge and Maria de los Angeles Butler, Hiram Butler and Andrew Spindler-Roesle, and James Robert and Griselda Butler. She is also survived by three grandchildren -- Cliff, Kathlene, and Bridgette.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday February 9, 2013 at the United Methodist Church, 571 Quarry Street, Eagle Pass, Texas.
