Daisy Lee Buttery

Daisy Lee Buttery, 92, Russellville, passed away Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 at her residence.

Born Nov. 14, 1919 in Laurel County, London, Ky., she was the oldest of six children and the daughter of Denver Lee and Emma Victoria (Swanner) Creech.

She married Silas Woodson Buttery on Dec. 26, 1938 in London, Ky. They enjoyed 40 years of marriage until his passing in 1978.

Daisy retired from DePauw University. She had previously been a truck driver with her husband in Fountain and Putnam counties.

She was a member of the Holiness Church of Lilly, Ky.

She enjoyed her faith, family, friends, gardening, cooking, baking and couponing.

Survivors include her children, Louise Miller (Larry), Sue Baxter (Larry), Silas Woodson Buttery Jr. (Peg) and Frederick Lee Buttery (Carla), all of Putnam County; 10 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; a stepgranddaughter and three step-great-grandchildren; sisters, Dorothy (Creech) Byrd of Cincinnati, Jewel (Creech) Mattingly of Louisville; a brother, Orville Deliane Creech (Carol) of Lilly, Ky.; brother-in-law, Kenny Reid; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sisters and their husbands, Ada (Creech) Bryant (Kenneth), Goldie (Creech) Marshall (Manual), Jenny Lou (Creech) Reid and several nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 at Porter Funeral Home, North Salem.

Services will be held at Porter Funeral Home at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16 with John Gossett officiating.

Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, North Salem.

Online condolences may be made at www.porterfuneralhome.us