Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, December 28, 1993 TAG: 9312280220
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Short
OBIT STURM, VIRGINIA FRYE BUTTS
STURM, Virginia Frye Butts, 85, of Blacksburg, a resident of Showalter
Center, died Monday, December 27, 1993, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Mrs.
Sturm was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, a daughter of the late William
Frank and Jessica Butts. She received a bachelors degree at the University of
West Virginia, a masters from Duke University and taught at Harpers Ferry,
West Virginia and at the University of West Virginia. She was a member of
Blacksburg Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr.
Albert Lee Sturm Jr. Surviving are one nephew, Whitmore Spencer Butts Jr.,
Pensacola, Fla.; one grand-nephew, Lt. Commander, Spencer Butts, U.S. Navy,
Virginia Beach; one grand-niece, Suzanne Butts, Jacksonville, Fla.; two
sisters-in-law, Mary Ruth Green, Appalachia and Margaret Deakins, Johnson
City, Tenn.; one brother-in-law, Frederick Sturm, Yakima, Wash.; several
cousins in Lovettsville, Virginia and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The family
will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home,
Blacksburg. A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, in the
Union Cemetery, Lovettsville, Virginia. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home,
Blacksburg.
by CNB