Louyne Butler

Louyne Killian Butler, 90, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away Saturday October 5, 2024 at her home in Shelley. Zilpah Louyne Killian was born on June 7th, 1934 to Charley Leroy Killian and Zilpah Cleo Young Killian in Rigby, Idaho. She moved to Bountiful, Utah at the age of five and then back to Rigby after her parents bought a farm when she was 12. 

After graduating high school from Rigby, she worked the switchboard at the Rogers Hotel in Idaho Falls. She married Kenneth Cox on December 17, 1953. They moved to Ely, Nevada where her daughter Shanna was born. They then moved to Golden, Colorado where they welcomed Thomas to their family and then to Milan, New Mexico where their youngest child Shawn was born. In 1971, they moved back to Idaho and landed in Soda Springs where she lived for the next 34 years.

She was a wonderful mother to her children. She was room mother, PTA president, cub scout, boy scout and girl scout leader as well as primary teacher. Louyne was a lifelong member of the LDS Church. In 2003 she reunited with Frank Butler, whom she had known from her youth in Rigby. She married Frank September 18, 2004 when they moved to Shelley, Idaho. They had many great adventures and years together.

She enjoyed the outdoors and loved camping and later spending time at her cabin in Palisades, Idaho. She was passionate about bowling & worked at the bowling alley in Soda Springs where all the teenager’s loved her. She also loved watching wildlife, shopping and spending time with family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother and sister-in-law Duane & Ellen Killian, and her stepson Terry Butler. 

She leaves behind her husband Frank Butler, her daughter Shanna Wolfley of Soda Springs, Idaho, her middle son Tom (Wendy) Cox of Guffy, Colorado, youngest son Shawn (Jada) Cox of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 11 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.

She was a joy to all those that knew her and she will be greatly missed. Her family will always carry her memory in our hearts. 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, October 11, 2024 at the Goshen Ward Chapel, 792 N 1090 E, Shelley. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00 till 7:30 p.m. at Nalder Funeral Home, 110 West Oak Street, Shelley and Friday from 10:00 a.m. till 10:45 a.m. at the church. Interment and grave dedication will follow at the Little Butte Cemetery in Annis, ID.

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