BUCKLIN – Loretta C. (Butler) Vice, 78, passed away Monday, July 19, 2021 to be with the Lord.

She was born August 27, 1942 on the Butler family farm near Walnut, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Anastasia (Davied) Butler.  She was a 1960 graduate of Girard High School at which time she moved to Wright where she helped care for the growing family of her sister and brother-in-law, Jerry and Joan Mages for several years.  She worked for the Right Coop and was a homemaker and farmers wife.  She later worked for the Bucklin Hospital and was a paraprofessional for Bucklin Schools as well as working at The Market in Bucklin.

She was a longtime member of St. Andrew Catholic Church in Wright and deeply loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  She enjoyed volunteering in the Bucklin Community and was known as the "sugar cookie lady".  Her goal each day was to serve and help make others smile.

On December 27, 1979 she married Leroy Vice at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Dodge City.  They later divorced.

Survivors include: her daughter, Susan Vice Bennett and husband Mason, Bucklin; her sister, Joan Mages, Wright; 3 brothers, Pat Butler and wife Norma, Manhattan, Kansas, Donald Butler, Ft. Collins, Colorado and Gerald Butler, Girard, Kansas; 2 grandchildren, Bruce and Clark Bennett; and several nephews and nieces and great nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Anastasia Butler, 2 sisters, Rosemary Bayer and Regina Butler and 2 brothers, John Joe Butler and Bob Butler.

Rosary will be at 10:00 am Monday, July 26, 2021 with the Funeral Mass immediately following, both at St. Andrew Church, Wright, with Fr. Ted Stoecklein and Scott Tilley officiating.  Burial will follow in St. Andrew Cemetery.  Visitation with the family present will be Sunday, July 25, 2021 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Minnis Mortuary, Bucklin.

The family suggests memorials to Loretta Vice Memorial Fund to be designated at a later date in care of Minnis Mortuary, 1901 N. 14 ^th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.