Born: July 4, 1955
Passed: April 17, 2017
Marvin B. “Butch” Elam, Jr., 61, of New Berlin died Monday, April 17, 2017, at his residence.
A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, April 22, at 1 p.m. at Hough and Sons Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Burial will be in Irving Cemetery. The family urges everyone to wear comfortable clothing.
Mr. Elam was born July 4, 1955, in Hillsboro, the son of Marvin B. Elam, Sr. and Phyllis A. (Polston) Whalen. He married Virginia "Jenny" Howard on March 30, 1974, and she survives.
He was a welder at Fiat in Springfield, worked at Horstmann Construction and was a school bus driver. He loved his family, children and his dogs.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Elam is survived by his father, Marvin B. Elam, Sr.; stepmother, Alice Elam; stepfather, Jim Whalen; daughter, Ramona Elam (companion Tim Charles) of Springfield; son, Matthew Elam (companion Mayjan Davis) of New Berlin; grandchild, Kayson Elam; and siblings, Frank (Carol) Elam of Hillsboro, Lola (Joe) Havins of Baytown TX, Pam (Kelly) Mackey of Hillsboro and Nancy Bickel of St. Louis.
He was preceded in death by his mother; one sister, Tjody Thieret; and one brother, Ed Elam.
Memorials may be directed to New Berlin EMS.
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