As per George Budwick:  Bruce Butske passed away on December 30, 2013 

Thanks to Stephen Ringe for sending me this obituary.

Bruce William Butske, born on September 15, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan passed away at his Northville home on December 30 at the age of 72. A lover of Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, the blues, soccer, all things mechanical and the occasional Wood Duck, he will be dearly missed by his surviving family, wife Carol Lee Butske (Skiven), son William David Butske, daughter-in-law Tuli Mukhopadhyay and beloved granddaughters Ava and Sonia. He was preceded in death by his father Herman and mother Marie. He attended Wayne State University, where he obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees, and then the University of Michigan where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1972. Most of his career was spent in the automotive industry where he ran his own engineering consulting firm for 25 years before retiring. The most joyful times of his career were those he spent in the classroom teaching at Wayne State, Lawrence Tech and U of M. For the past 45 years, he and his family have lived in the Northville/Novi area. In the 70s he became active in the Northville Historical Society and was instrumental in moving the Wash Oak School House to Mill Race village. In lieu of flowers his family requests that donations be made to the Northville Historical Society.