THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, February 21, 1963

 

Funeral services were held for Ernest Buteux Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Flagler Beach Methodist Church. The Rev. Reynold Hoover, pastor, officiated. Interment followed at Hope Cemetery.

Mr. Buteux, a resident of Flagler Beach, passed away Wednesday evening at a Palatka Hospital, following an illness of several months. He was a native of England but had made his home in the United States since 1907. He had owned, built and operated the Hillendale Golf Course in Ithaca, N. Y., from 1933 to 1945. He was a winter visitor here in 1941 and returned in 1945 to reside permanently. He was 79 years of age. He was a member of the Palatka Masonic Lodge and the Ormond Beach Elks Club.

He had served as a member of the Town Commission in Flagler Beach. He had also served as mayor of Interlachen. He was Flagler Beach building inspector at the time of his death.

The Ormond Beach Elks Club held a memorial service at the Craig Chapel on Friday evening. The Bunnell Masonic Lodge con­ducted the graveside services.

Active pallbearers were Roy McNab, Earl Nickelson, Robert Craig, Edward Webb, Andrew Wilder and Thomas Duncan. Honorary pallbearers were mem­bers of the Elks Club No. 2193.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Margaret A. Buteux; a son, Ernest C. Buteux, Seattle, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Sparks, Pasadena, Calif., and Mrs. Ethel Larkin, London, England; two brothers, Bill Buteux, Flagler Beach, and Elbert Buteux, London, and six grandchildren.

Craig Funeral Home of Bunnell was in charge of arrangements.