- Date Of Birth: October 24, 1928
- Date Of Death: December 16, 2021
- State: California
CHARLESZETTA REED WAS BORN IN SAND SPRINGS, OK ON OCTOBER 24, 1928, AND WAS THE 5TH OLDEST OF 9 CHILDREN BORN TO WASHINGTON & PEARLINE REED.
SHORTLY AFTER THE LOSS OF BOTH HER PARENTS AT AN EARLY AGE THE FAMILY RELOCATED TO KANSAS CITY, MO. THERE SHE MET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE JOHN RICHARD BUTLER. THEY WERE MARRIED AND SHE BECAME A YOUNG NAVY WIFE WHO WOULD TRAVEL THE UNITED STATES TO VARIOUS MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND DUTY STATIONS, EVENTUALLY SETTLING IN SAN DIEGO, CA WHERE THEY WOULD RAISE A FAMILY OF 6 BOYS AND 3 GIRLS.
ONCE HER YOUNGEST SONS HAD BECOME SCHOOL AGED, SHE SOUGHT EMPLOYMENT AND WAS HIRED AS A COOK AT MEADOWLARK CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL WHERE DURING HER CARREER THERE SHE WORKED HER WAY INTO A SUPERVISORY POSITION AND BECAME INSTUMENTAL IN HIRING AND MENTORING MANY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY. UPON HER RETIRING AFTER A REWARDING CAREER, SHE WAS ENCOURAGED TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT BY ONE OF HER CLOSEST FRIENDS AT SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE SHE WAS HIRED AND REMAINED A DEDICATED RESPECTED EMPLOYEE UNTIL HER FINAL RETIREMENT.
BEAUTIFUL CHARLESZETTA WAS ALSO KNOWN BY THE LOVING NAMES OF MOMMA …ZETTA… AND GRANDMA. WHATEVER NAME SHE WAS ADDRESSED BY THERE WAS ALWAYS HER WARM LOVING COMPASSIONATE GOD-FEARING SPIRIT TO EMBRACE YOU IN ANY SITUATION OR CIRCUMSTANCE. IN HER BEAUTIFUL LIFE SHE WAS A HUMBLE SERVANT FOR THE KINGDOM WHO WAS USED TO TOUCH MANY LIVES LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
WE CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF CHARLESZETTA BUTLER AND THANK GOD FOR HER BEING THE MATRIARCH OF A LOVING FAMILY AND FOR BEING A BLESSED LOVING WIFE MOTHER SISTER AUNTIE GRANDMA AND LOYAL FRIEND.
CHARLESZETTA WAS PROCEDED TO GLORY BY HER PARENTS WASHINGTON & PEARLINE REED, BROTHERS AND SISTERS ROBERT REED, CHARLIE REED, WASH REED, DAVID REED, MAMIE REED, OLEANOR ALLEN, LUCILLE TAYLOR, ODESSA MERIWEATHER, SON BRIAN EUGENE BUTLER, GRANDSON GREGORY R BUTLER, AND GRANDAUGHTERS UNITA BUTLER, KHALILLIAH BUTLER, DENIA BUTLER.
TO CHERISH HER MEMORY, SHE LEAVES SONS STEVEN BUTLER, GREG BUTLER, GEORGE BUTLER, ROBERT BUTLER, DAVID BUTLER, DAUGHTERS RHONDA BUTLER, TINA BUTLER, JOAN BUTLER, SON IN LAW WILLIE ADWAY, DAUGHTER IN LAWS FRANCES BUTLER AND SANDRA BUTLER, 15 GRAND CHILDREN 15 GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS, COUSINS HER “POSSE” AND DEAR FRIENDS.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PERHAPS YOU SENT A LOVELY CARD, OR SAT QUIETLY IN A CHAIR. PERHAPS YOU SENT A FLORAL SPRAY, IF SO, WE SAW IT THERE. PERHAPS YOU SPOKE THE KINDEST WORDS THAT ANY FRIEND COULD SAY.PERHAPS YOU WEREN’T THERE AT ALL JUST THOUGHT OF US THAT DAY. WHATEVER YOU DID TO TOUCH AND CONSOLE OUR HEARTS, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHATEVER THE PART OR THOUGHT
MAY GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU.
“THE FAMILY”
SPECIAL THANKS
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR LOVE AND DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR THOSE WHO ASSISTED AND SUPPORTED OUR FAMILY DURING OUR DIFFICULT TIME. “SPECIAL THANKS “TO ALL THE PRAYER WARRIORS AND SERVANTS OF GOD THAT TOUCHED OUR MOTHER AND FAMILY DURING THIS FINAL STAGE. SPECIAL THANKS TO BRIDGE HOSPICE CARE, HHA AND LOVING CARE GIVER GRACE, AND THE MEDICAL STAFF THAT TOOK BEAUTIFUL CARE OF OUR MOTHER DURING THIS FINAL JOURNEY.
