- Date Of Birth: March 2, 1938
- Date Of Death: February 7, 2022
- State: Iowa
Robert “Bob” Earnest Butin, 83, of Newton died on Monday, February 7, 2022, at Park Centre.
Bob, the son of Robert Blaine and Kathryn (Schultz) Butin, was born on March 2, 1938 in Oskaloosa. He lived in Jasper County most of his life. Bob graduated from Newton High School in 1956 and then attended mechanic school in Kansas City. Upon returning to Jasper County he worked at Ulrich Motors and for Jasper County on the bridge crew. He later worked for the United Telephone Company as a lineman and then an outside engineer. After retiring from the telephone company he worked with Newt Wolf at Wolf Phone Connection. He also traveled around the country giving seminars on Conductive Noise Mitigation.
Bob is survived by his children, Robert “Bob” (Bonnie) Butin of Garner, Joseph “Joe” (Dixie) Butin of Olathe, Kansas, and Victoria Crook of Newton; step-daughter, Lesa (Steve) Chedester of Newton; 11 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Butin; mother and step-father, Kathryn and Louis Vander Pol; wife, Judie Butin; his brother, Richard Butin; and grandson, Brice Udelhoven.
