ATAN Norman R. Bute VP-4 1957 – 1959
Norman Roy Bute passed peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, April 30, 2023.
Norman was born to Ethel and Roy Bute on May 2, 1936, in Jackson, Minnesota, and raised on the family farm.
Norm graduated from Jackson High School in 1954 and served in the Army National Guard and the United States Navy.
Norm had many titles in life. He was most proud to be a veteran and serve his country. He loved to fly while in the Navy as an airman electronic technician. He was a mechanic and owned an auto and radiator repair shop in Windom, MN. He moved to Minneapolis and Oklahoma, where he helped design and patent an auto frame straightening machine. Later, he owned a trucking company traveling cross country, and at age 52, he retired to Randolph, NY, and bought a large farm raising livestock. In Randolph, he served as the commander of the VFW. The last ten years of Norman’s retirement were spent enjoying the warm weather, meeting new friends in Yuma, Arizona, and spending summers in ShowLow, Arizona.
Norm defined unconditional love and never met a stranger. He was a loving son and brother, a wonderful father, an adored grandfather, an uncle, and, to countless others – a treasured friend.
Norman is survived by his younger sister, Connie (Bruce) Langager, of Blaine, MN; his daughter, Sara (Chet Nedwidek) Gordon, of Jupiter, FL; and his son, Gregory Bute, of White Lake, MN. He was Grandpa to Jeffrey, Andrea, Leslie (Sam), Conrad, and Abby. He was a great-grandfather to Addi, Charley, Acen, and Oliver. He was a loving uncle to his nieces and nephews.
Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery with military honors
Published Jackson County Pilot May 8, 2023