Dr. Robert E. Butler, Educator, husband of Doris (Douglas) Butler of Windsor, passed away on Friday, (May 25, 2001) in a Windsor Nursing Facility. Born on April 13, 1922, in West Hartford, he was the son of Grace and Ernest Butler of Wethersfield. Bob received his BA and MA from Wesleyan University and his PhD from Rutgers University. He taught English at UConn and Douglass College for Women in New Brunswick, NJ, and served as Head of the English Department at the Choate School in Wallingford, and the headmaster of the Tilton School, Tilton, NH. He was the Vice-President of Development at Gettysburg College and retired as the Asst. Headmaster from the Gunnery School in Washington. Bob was thrilled each summer during his retirement years to return to Meredith, NH to avidly pursue pars on the golf course, and to catch fish on Lake Waukewan. Besides his wife Doris of 56 years, he leaves a loving family, two sons and their wives, Doug Butler and Hollis Seamon of Albany, NY and Don and Jane Butler of Easton; three grandchildren, Michelle, Katherine and Gordon; his brother and wife, Alden and Joan Butler; several nieces and nephews; and friend, Marilyn Sandidge and her family of Westfield. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 11 a.m., at the First Church, 115 Palisado Ave., Windsor. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Suffield, at the convenience of his family. His family will receive friends on Tuesday, from 5-8 p.m., at the Carmon Windsor Funeral Home, 807 Bloomfield Ave., Windsor. Memorial donations may be made to the Parkinson Disease Foundation, 27 Allendale Dr., North Haven, CT 06473.