Linda Kay, nee Buttrey, Caudill, of Fairview Heights, IL, born August 15, 1944 in Lepanto, Arkansas, the daughter of Eldridge Porter Buttrey and Lola Mae Atkinson, completed her life on Earth and went to be with her savior at 11:35 p.m. on February 4, 2017 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donnie Clark Caudill who died on July 23, 2007; her father Eldridge Porter Buttrey who died on January 29, 1966; and her mother Lola Mae, nee Atkinson, Buttrey-Bickel who died on April 26, 2005; and her step-father Edward G. Bickel who died on December 24, 1997.
Those left to mourn are her daughter Leah R., Courtwright of Marshfield, MO; a son Brian E. (Amy) Courtwright of Fairview Heights, IL; one grandson Jacob R. Ryan of Ozark, MO; her sister Loretta (Max) Thayer of Collinsville, IL; a niece Laura G. Davis of Springfield, MO; two nephews Dr. David M. Thayer of Edwardsville, IL and Steven C. (Rebecca) Thayer of Troy, IL; one great nephew Brandon R. Thayer of Edwardsville, IL; two great-nieces Ashlynn M. Davis of Springfield, MO; and Izbella M. Thayer of Troy, IL; two inherited sons Donnie Caudill, Jr. of Florida and Ralph (Janette) Caudill; two inherited grandchildren Faith and Chance Caudill of DeRitter, LA; and many friends and extended family.
Memorials are requested to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478
Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or the American Diabetes Association, 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 900, Arlington, VA 22202. Condolences may be expressed online at www.lakeviewfuneralhm.com
Visitation: Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. till noon on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Lake View Funeral Home, 5000 N. Illinois, Fairview Heights, IL 62208.
Services: A memorial service will be held at 12:00 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Lake View Funeral Home. She will be inurned in the mausoleum at Lake View Memorial Gardens.
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