Marc Miller
06-03-2006, 12:14 PM
Dear fellow racers - it is with a sad heart that I am annoucing the passing of a fellow racer/karter, Roger Butt. Thankfully this information was passed on to me. Roger was a regular Rotax racer at Michiana Raceway Park - and his presencewll be missed from his fellow racers as well as the employees and volunteers at MRP.
Roger A. Butt
Dec. 6, 1951-June 1, 2006
SYRACUSE, Ind. — Roger A. Butt, 54, died at 6:04 a.m. Thursday at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident Wednesday morning on Syracuse/Webster Road near C.R. 650 East.
He was born Dec. 6, 1951, in Goshen, to Dale and Decima “Dollie” (Kolberg) Butt.
He married Pam Carmean Feb. 21, 1981.
He was co-owner of Instrumental Machine and Development, Warsaw.
He was a 1970 graduate of Wawasee High School and received an engineering degree from Ferris State University.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Jennifer (Jonathan) Freeze, Jacksonville, N.C., and Stevie Nicole Butt, Syracuse; his mother, Syracuse; a granddaughter; and a brother, Ken (Sally) Butt, Syracuse.
He was preceded in death by his father and two infant sisters.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at Mishler-Eastlund Funeral Home, Harris Chapel, Syracuse.
The funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jeff Ferris officiating.
Memorials may be directed to the Natalie Freeze College Fund.
Condolences may be sent at www.mishlerfuneralhomes.com.
Marc Miller
Director of Marketing and Brand Manager
MRP Motorsport
Roger A. Butt
Dec. 6, 1951-June 1, 2006
SYRACUSE, Ind. — Roger A. Butt, 54, died at 6:04 a.m. Thursday at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident Wednesday morning on Syracuse/Webster Road near C.R. 650 East.
He was born Dec. 6, 1951, in Goshen, to Dale and Decima “Dollie” (Kolberg) Butt.
He married Pam Carmean Feb. 21, 1981.
He was co-owner of Instrumental Machine and Development, Warsaw.
He was a 1970 graduate of Wawasee High School and received an engineering degree from Ferris State University.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Jennifer (Jonathan) Freeze, Jacksonville, N.C., and Stevie Nicole Butt, Syracuse; his mother, Syracuse; a granddaughter; and a brother, Ken (Sally) Butt, Syracuse.
He was preceded in death by his father and two infant sisters.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at Mishler-Eastlund Funeral Home, Harris Chapel, Syracuse.
The funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jeff Ferris officiating.
Memorials may be directed to the Natalie Freeze College Fund.
Condolences may be sent at www.mishlerfuneralhomes.com.
Marc Miller
Director of Marketing and Brand Manager
MRP Motorsport