Patricia Butler
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December 1, 2025

Patricia Butler

Patricia Ann Butler, 93, of Park Street, Lewis Run, passed away Friday (Nov. 28, 2025) at Bradford Ecumenical Home.

Born April 26, 1932, in Bradford, she was a daughter of the late Peter and Florence N. Barr Zamberlan. She attended elementary school in Lewis Run and graduated from St. Bernard High School with the Class of 1950.

On July 24, 1954, in Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church she married Clair D. Butler, who passed away on March 6, 2021.

Pat worked at the Bradford Hospital as a lab technician. While raising her family she worked at the Twin Drive-In.

Pat was a lifetime member of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church, and a recent member of St. Bernard Church. She was a member of American Legion Post 108 Auxiliary where she held numerous positions on the board of directors, a member of the Lewis Run Volunteer Fire Department, the Greater Bradford Senior Activity Center and St. Bernard School Alumni Association.

Surviving are one daughter, Denise (Robert) O’Neil of Bradford; one son, David (Terri) Butler of Lewis Run; one daughter-in-law, Kim Butler-McIntosh of Fair Oaks, Calif.; eight grandchildren, Douglas (Jen) O’Neil, Bryan O’Neil, Gregory Hackett, Angela Ward, Keith (Lindsay) Butler, Michael Butler, Jeremy Butler and Trevor (Brittany) Mowery; eight great-grandchildren, Jamie (David) Actaboski, Kayla Petty, Kali O’Neil, Chelsea Hackett, Arabella O’Neil and Eileene Butler; seven great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Helen Mott, Marlyn Plivelic and Theresa Schrawder; two brothers, John Zamberlan and Peter Zamberlan; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and her husband, Clair, of 67 years, Pat was preceded in death by one son, Michael Butler; one daughter, Belinda Hackett; five sisters, Joan Crooks, Edith Delancey, Frances Cummiskey, Pauline Ripple Turnham and Martha Drake; and two brothers, Ted Zamberlan and James Zamberlan.

Friends will be invited to a celebration of life for Pat at a later date and time to be announced. She will be buried in McKean Memorial Cemetery.

Memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to the Greater Bradford Senior Activity Center, The Learning Center or a charity of the donor’s choice.

Funeral arrangements are under direction of Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc. Online condolences may be expressed at hollenbeckcahill.com.

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