VINTON:  The Rev. Robert Deo Butler, age 87, son of Rev. Deo V. and Mae A. Butler, died Sunday, November 5, 2006 at his Sioux City residence. 
     He was a retired United Methodist Minister and had received a Bachelor of Music from Simpson College, a Master of Divinity from Presbyterian Seminary University of Dubuque and completed Post Graduate work at St. Paul's Seminary in Kansas City.  He was a Private Pilot and active in the Masons. 
     Rev. Butler is survived by his wife, Larene and two children; Dennis Deo Butler and wife, Ellen and Carol Sue (Gebers) Wilson and husband, Brad, two grandsons, Scott Gebers and wife, Renae and Chad Gebers and wife, Shannon and great grandchildren Ryleigh, Dane, Will Robert, Drew, Hannah and Sydney, and a very special cousin, C. E. Harrison and his wife, Leone.
     A private family service and burial was held in Nashua, Iowa, under the direction of Phillips Funeral Home of Vinton, Iowa.
     Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Siouxland - 4300 Hamilton Road-Sioux City, Iowa 51104.