The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-22
ORA E. BUTTERFIELD
DIED IN NEW YORK
Brilliant Lawyer, General Solicitor Of
N. Y. Central Railroad, Classmate
of Late c. c. Fits.

AHnQunCeHeHl OF the uedtn OF Ofd
E. Butterfeld in New York this after
noon was received at p. m. today by
Clarence L. S:ickncy PEI s3nal friend,
from Rev. Dir. Lee McCollester, dean of
the Crane Theological school of Tufts
and president of the Universalist gener-
al convention. DR.. McCollestc" was an
intimate friend of Mr.. Butteriicld aud
EaI been summoned to New York i'll
Lis last illness.
Mr.. Butterfeld was operated upon in
the Hahnemann hospital in New York
November Is for appendicitis The op-
GRAFTON revealed the fact that the gall
duet and pancreas were involved. Be
fore the operation he presented the ap
pearance OF 4 person with jaundice.
His condition had been critical week
or more and letters received here Tues
day held out little hope of recovery
Funeral services will be held at .
clock tomorrow in the Church Of the
Divine Paternity on Fifth avenue, New
York. The body will be brought to Brat
| tleboro on the train reaching here Sun
day morning. Services will be held IN
the Universalist church on Canal street
Sunday afternoon at 2 p. M, DR.. McCol-
! lester officiating, assisted by Rev. Del
/ mar l.. trout.
Mr.. Butterfeld was born in Brattle-
boro in 1870, the only son of Oscar H.
and Rosalia (Elmer) Butterfeld. His
mother died in Ann Arbor, Mich, sever
al years ago and the father is living
in that city. He was classmate of
Clarke c. Fits and only a few days his
senior. He graduated from the high
school in 1856, taking a post graduate
course of year, and later graduated
from the Childs business school in
Springfield, Mass, completing the full
course there in a time never equaled
up to that period.
He worked in loan and trust com.
pany s Office in Greeley, Colorado, a
: year or more and then entered the law
department of the University of Mich
igan, from which he graduated a month
before he was 21 years old. He was ad
mitted to the bar on the day he was
q and at once began practice in Ann
Arbor. At the age of % H. was elected
: one of the aldermen of that city
He soon attracted the attention OF
the Michigan Central railway official:
, and was engaged by them in lega
work. His advancement was rapid anC
! within a few years he was made gen
eral counsel of the Michigan Central
which is controlled by the New Yorl
Central system. For several years hi
lived in Detroit, but the New Yorl
Central wanted him for more impor
tant work and he was called to New
: York and placed in charge of all that
a great railroad 5 rate work and in othe
, matters in which appearance before
a was necessary. In recent years hi
+ title has been general solicitor, hi;
! position being one of the highest from
a legal standpoint in the New Yorl
Central 5 Offices
Mr. Butterfcld married over .
years ago Miss Amy /. Dunklee of Brat
tleboro. graduate of the high schoc
: in 1885, They have one daughter
Helen
q 1t is a strange coincidence that TIL,
4 two ablest men who have graduated
y from the Brattleboro high school in tn
>. past 30 years-classmates and lifelon
, friends-should die III the same week
!. Mr. Butterfield from childhood was
4 brilliant student and in his life worl
f had made record excelled by no voun
: man of this generation born in souther
Vermont with the possible exception o
Mr.. Fits. He was a man of deep re
ligious convictions and an enthusiast
supporter of the Universalist church
;, Tie served at one time as vice presiden
Il of the Universalist general conventio
the most important Iavmen s positio
= in that denomination in the Unite
" States. Mr.. Butterfield was a visitc
:, to Brattleboro almost every year an
/ it will be recalled that he was tn
~ speaker at the high school graduatio
here in 1907