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James Ralph Butler was born February 2, 1967 in Hamlet, North Carolina. James died at Hospice of Dayton on December 18, 2022. He lived to make people laugh and smile. Kind to a fault, with a child-like trust, James was extremely generous and giving.

He ran his own party service with cartoon mascots, balloon animals, and lots of fun and games. He loved movies and attended comic conventions. James particularly loved everything DC and Marvel.

He worried about family and stayed as long as he could with us. He lived for others and would give the shirt off his back. He will be greatly missed by those he leaves to mourn him: his children Alie Butler and James Austin Butler; siblings Patricia Butler, Robert Burchfield, Reva Annette Mayer, Jerry Burchfield, and Annette Davis; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

James is preceded in death by his parents John Butler, Jr. and Eva Lucille Burchfield, adoptive parents Margaret and Walker Burchfield; his siblings John Henry Butler, Marcus Allan Butler, and Margaret Lee Butler.

Services for James Ralph Butler will be held on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at The Valley Worship Center, 2360 Valley Street, Riverside, Ohio followed immediately by burial at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens, 8200 W National Road, New Carlisle, Ohio.

  • 11:00 Visitation
  • 12:00 Funeral Service
  • 1:30 Burial
Arrangements entrusted to W.E. Lusain Funeral Home, 2455 Stanley Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45404.

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mike switzer
November 14, 2023
November 14, 2023
James Butler will be forever missed. there was only one like him. He loved, he laughed and loved to sing and entertain his friends.
I didn't know in time to attend his funeral and I will always regret that I wasn't
able to be there in his honor.
One thing that I know for sure, is I WILL SEE HIM IN HEAVEN SOMEDAY SOON.
                                                        MIKE SWITZER
Patricia Behnken
December 23, 2022
December 23, 2022
James was a person with a childlike heart. He enjoyed making people laugh and enjoyed laughing himself. It was easy for him to entertain children with all his characters and as Santa Claus as he had that childlike heart himself. With his childlike heart, he enjoyed little things like his yearly birthday cards when he was younger that included a bag of guinea pig food that I always told him was groundhog food for the "little groundhog" as he was born on groundhog's day. When he was young, he took his driver's test in my car in which he had learned to drive. Over the years we would laugh at some of the silly things he did driving before he learned not to do them.
   James always enjoyed our visits and talks over the years and I tried to encourage him and let him know that he was cared about. He also let me know that he cared too and we both appreciated the times we would share talks and memories. At times he was like an adopted son and at times I was as a mentor to him and tried to encourage him to follow the Lord's will for his life.
   It was sad for James when he lost his twin sister Margaret and other family members. He was very close to his Uncle Tim Burchfield and lost him in Tim's unexpected death this year. James loved singing and Tim liked playing his guitar for him and singing too. When James wasn't singing himself, he was listening to singers.
   On James' facebook page, he has a video of himself singing, "Wish You Were Here." That is the song I keep hearing in my mind when I think about James. There is a hurting empty place in my heart with the loss of James. He has been very special for many years and will always be special in my heart.

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mike switzer
November 14, 2023
November 14, 2023
James Butler will be forever missed. there was only one like him. He loved, he laughed and loved to sing and entertain his friends.
I didn't know in time to attend his funeral and I will always regret that I wasn't
able to be there in his honor.
One thing that I know for sure, is I WILL SEE HIM IN HEAVEN SOMEDAY SOON.
                                                        MIKE SWITZER
Patricia Behnken
December 23, 2022
December 23, 2022
James was a person with a childlike heart. He enjoyed making people laugh and enjoyed laughing himself. It was easy for him to entertain children with all his characters and as Santa Claus as he had that childlike heart himself. With his childlike heart, he enjoyed little things like his yearly birthday cards when he was younger that included a bag of guinea pig food that I always told him was groundhog food for the "little groundhog" as he was born on groundhog's day. When he was young, he took his driver's test in my car in which he had learned to drive. Over the years we would laugh at some of the silly things he did driving before he learned not to do them.
   James always enjoyed our visits and talks over the years and I tried to encourage him and let him know that he was cared about. He also let me know that he cared too and we both appreciated the times we would share talks and memories. At times he was like an adopted son and at times I was as a mentor to him and tried to encourage him to follow the Lord's will for his life.
   It was sad for James when he lost his twin sister Margaret and other family members. He was very close to his Uncle Tim Burchfield and lost him in Tim's unexpected death this year. James loved singing and Tim liked playing his guitar for him and singing too. When James wasn't singing himself, he was listening to singers.
   On James' facebook page, he has a video of himself singing, "Wish You Were Here." That is the song I keep hearing in my mind when I think about James. There is a hurting empty place in my heart with the loss of James. He has been very special for many years and will always be special in my heart.
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