Rhuemma Wright married Odell Corning Butler, the son of the Rev Dr Stephen Wright Butler & Hannah Lamira Odell. Odell & Rhuemma had 2 boys - Melville C & Wilson W.
Poughkeepsie Eagle News, Tues, 17 Apr 1928
Odell Butler is Dead Here - Son of Rev Butler Succumbs Here - Ill Many Weeks - Was Lifelong Resident of Dutchess
Odell Corning Butler of 7 Innis Avenue died yesterday after an illness of several weeks of pneumonia. He was 54 years old and a resident of Dutchess County for many years. Mr Butler was born in Fall River, Mass, the son of the Rev Dr S Wright Butler and Hannah Odell Butler. He spent his early life in Dutchess County and was educated at local schools and the DeGarmo Institute in Beacon. He lived with relatives in the Town of Union Vale where he owned a large farm. In 1903 Mr Butler moved to Poughkeepsie and had lived here since. Surviving him are his wife, who was Miss Rhuemma Wright; two sons, Melville and Wilson Wright Butler; his father and a sister, Mrs Norman Deyo. He was a member of one of the oldest and most distinguished families in the county and was connected by birth and marriage with most of the best known residents of this vicinity. He was a member of Trinity ME Church. Funeral services will be held at Trinity Church, Thursday afternoon at 230 o'clock. The Rev DR J Lewis Hartsock will officiate. Interment will be in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery in the charge of A A Schoonmaker.
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Poughkeepsie Journal,
Thurs, 12 Jan 1956
Mrs Rhuemma Wright Butler, 77, died yesterday in her home, 7 Innis Avenue, after a long illness. Born in the Town of Beekman, Sept 2, 1878, she was the daughter of Thomas and Phoebe Rogers Butler. Mrs Butler who always had lived in Dutchess County, had been a resident of Poughkeepsie for the last 46 years. Her husband Odell Cornell Butler died in April 1928. She was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. Surviving are two sons, Melville C and Wilson W Butler, city; four sisters, Mrs Jennie Jackson, Hopewell Junction; Mrs Mary E Willard, California; Mrs Augusta M Alley, LaGrangeville; and Mrs Pauline J Hadden, city and one brother, Arthur Wright, LaGrangeville. Services will be conducted [?] o'clock, Saturday afternoon at the Dowling Funeral Home, 43 Fairview Avenue. The Rev W Bernard Grossman, minister of Trinity Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home 7 to 9 o'clock tomorrow night.
Mrs Rhuemma Wright Butler, 77, died yesterday in her home, 7 Innis Avenue, after a long illness. Born in the Town of Beekman, Sept 2, 1878, she was the daughter of Thomas and Phoebe Rogers Butler. Mrs Butler who always had lived in Dutchess County, had been a resident of Poughkeepsie for the last 46 years. Her husband Odell Cornell Butler died in April 1928. She was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. Surviving are two sons, Melville C and Wilson W Butler, city; four sisters, Mrs Jennie Jackson, Hopewell Junction; Mrs Mary E Willard, California; Mrs Augusta M Alley, LaGrangeville; and Mrs Pauline J Hadden, city and one brother, Arthur Wright, LaGrangeville. Services will be conducted [?] o'clock, Saturday afternoon at the Dowling Funeral Home, 43 Fairview Avenue. The Rev W Bernard Grossman, minister of Trinity Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home 7 to 9 o'clock tomorrow night.
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