Sandra Butler

Sandra K. Butler, 57, Topeka, died Thursday, February 14, 2002, at her home. She was born September 25, 1944, in Topeka, the daughter of William Ellsworth Conaway and Wilma Bernice Luthye.  She graduated from Topeka High School and lived most of her life in Kansas. She co-founded Barnes-Butler Inc., a wholesale medical supply company. She lived away from Topeka a short time before she moved back in 1977.

Survivors include her fiancé, Roger M Barnes; a son, Mark Butler, Topeka; her mother, Wilma B. Rabe, Topeka; and two grandchildren. 

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Penwell-Gable Mid-Town Chapel. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Butler will lie in state at the funeral Chapel after 8 a.m. Sunday. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, 1221 S. W. 17th St., Topeka, 66604-2899; or to the American Cancer Society, 1315 S.W. Arrowhead Rd., Topeka 66604.

Published Saturday, February 16, 2002 in the Topeka Capital Journal.