Butler

Conchita Mendez Butler, 96, of Granbury and formerly of Hubbard, died in Glen Rose on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. Graveside services will be 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30 at Fairview Cemetery in Hubbard with Pastor Casey Oliver officiating. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday before the services at Wade Funeral Home in Hubbard. Conchita was born March 20, 1922 in the Philippines to Francesco and Isabel Mendez. She spent her early years in the Philippines before moving to the United States where she had lived in Weatherford before moving to Hubbard in 1960 with her husband, A.L. Butler. While in Hubbard she worked at Creditor’s sewing factory and also at the cafeteria for Hubbard Elementary School. She later moved to Granbury in 2008 to live with her son and daughter- in- law, Leon and Shirley Butler. During her lifetime, Conchita attended both Catholic churches and Baptist churches. She loved her family dearly and adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, A.L. Butler in 1993 and a son, Eddy Butler in 1979. Survivors include two sons, Leon Butler and wife, Shirley of Granbury and Bobby Butler and wife, Karen of La Grange; grandchildren and great grandchildren includes: Jason Butler and daughter Harriet of Austin; Crystal Barbaree and husband Jason, children Makaul, Brent and Jaydon of Granbury, Brandi Yates, husband Troy, children DJ and Alexis of Marshall, Nancy Hamm of McKinney, Laura Surman, husband Jared, children Lacee, Nolan and Rylan, of La Grange, Brandi Muldoon, children Christopher of La Grange and Dusti of Streetman, Amanda Drab, fiancé Justin Whited, children Sarah and Barret of La Grange, Candice Blaschke, husband Mark, children John, Avery and Samuel of La Grange, and lots of extended family and friends! Pallbearers will be Jason Butler, Jason Barbaree, Brent Barbaree, Jared Surman, Danny Robertson and Jan Brown. Memorials in Conchita’s memory may be made to the Alpha Omega Hospice, www.alphaomegahospice.com.