Carol Sue Butgereit “Mrs. B”, 79, passed away Sunday morning August 30, 2020 at Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home in Plymouth.
Lifetime Marshall county resident, Carol was born in Plymouth on July 31, 1941 to Paul and Dorothy (Ritchey) Berger. She graduated from Bourbon High School with the class of 1959. She attended Flight Attendant School for two years.
On October 25, 1981 in the Bremen Salem United Methodist Church she married Carl Butgereit. He would pass on November 6, 2015.
Carol worked at Ristance Wire in Bremen. She then worked as a school bus driver, cafeteria aide and study hall aide for Bremen schools for over 40 years before her retirement in 2008. She was a member of Bremen United Methodist Church. Carol loved gardening, cooking and baking. She was well known for her cinnamon rolls and sour dough cookies.
She is survived by sons, Gary (Clista) Hummel of Bremen and Kurt (Nancy) Butgereit of Wabash, IN; son-in-law Tim Kulczar of Bremen; 10 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren; and brother Kris (Kim) Berger.
She was preceded in death by daughters; Lori Kulczar, Kathy Hummel and Kara Brown; brothers, Robert and Michael Berger; and her parents.
Visitation will be held on Thursday September 3, 2020 from 4-6 p.m. in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St. Plymouth. Services will begin at 6 p.m. in the funeral home with Pastor Jim Morse officiating.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Bremen Public Schools 512 W Grant St, Bremen, IN 46506.
PLEASE NOTE: For your protection, the entire funeral home staff will wear masks. It is mandated that family members and their guests do so as well. The funeral home will not provide any masks.
Scott Matejka says
Too many great memories to list! I can’t believe how lucky I was to come to know this family! God Bless you Carol! Thank you for everything you did for everyone who knew you. We are all better for having had you in our lives! I love you ‘Mom!’ (Even if you tried to poison me!) Give Lori a big hug from me and take one yourself!
Dixie Lee Sheetz says
Gary, I was thinking how thrilled Lori, my mom and dad, and a whole host of others were to see Carol come Home to heaven. She is surrounded by indescribable love, and she gave so much love.
I always knew when Suzie was little, your mom kept an eye out for her to be sure she got on the bus ok. I am so glad there is a grand reunion ahead for all of us who love her. We love you. Mike, Dixie, and Suzie
Gloria Ballard says
Deepest sympathy and condolences to the families. Such a nice lady. ðŸ™ðŸ¼
Carol Rohrer says
Gary, Chad, Wendy and families.
I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Kelly Windsor Toppen says
My heart is so sad tonight 💔 Mrs Carol was my bus driver from the time we moved to Bremen until we moved into town. This woman was the sweetest, kindest & most loving woman. I would go home from school and play bus driver by lining up chairs as my seats & pretend to shift the bus gears, put out my stop arm and open the bus door. Seriously if you would have asked me when I was little what I wanted to be when I grew up, it would be just like Mrs Carol my favorite bus driver. Please know my heart & prayers are with you all. I still tell everyone this story because being a bus driver these days is a whole new ball game. She was the best of the best of the best. I pray her legacy lives on in all of you as much as she has mine 🥰 Her dedication to the Bremen Community was extraordinary!
scotty luther says
Sorry for your loss. I was a friend of the family when we all lived in Bremen.
suzan Eggert says
My families’ thoughts and prayers are with you. Mrs. B. was a huge part of my siblings, and I growing up as our one and only bus driver. She was a sweet woman, who could be mean when she needed to. My daughter still has the afghan she made for her when she was born twenty-six years ago. If I still lived in Indiana I would definitely come and pay my respects. She was one of a kind.
Jim Richardson says
My sincerest sympathies to Carol’s family. She was truly a wonderful lady.
‘To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”
–Thomas Campbell
Alan&Gail Hummel says
Dear Family & Friends of Carol. Carol was loved beyond what words can express. We will all miss her,but we would never wish her back into this world of suffering. Her time on earth was well spent as we all know in our hearts. Now she is living in the Glorious Presence of Almighty God,Carol’s Creator. How Glorious it must have been to hear God welcome Carol into her Glorious Heavenly Home with these words: “Well done thou good and faithful servant.” May we all live our lives here on earth according to God’s Will through Christ Jesus our Savior and Lord. With Our Deepest Sympathy and Love. Alan and Gail Hummel.