Birth date: May 2, 1940 Death date: Apr 22, 2021
Gary Alan Butchko, age 80 a lifelong resident of Lorain passed away at home on Thursday, April 22, 2021 after a lengthy illness. He was born on May 2, 1940 in Lorain, Ohio to Paul S. and Sue (nee Muhar) Butchko. Gary was a 1959 gr Read Obituary
I have wonderful memories of being at the Butchko home when I was in high school. My thoughts and prayers are with you all as you grieve the loss of your wonderful husband, father, and grandfather.
With much love,
Ellen Vinczi Lerchbacker
Dear Caroline and family,
My heartfelt condolence and prayers to all of you in this profoundly sad time.
God be with you, Doris Towner
My sympathy to Caroline and all the kids, grandkids, Carol Sue, Nikki, and all of Gary’s big beautiful family. My memories of Gary will always be of a kind, generous spirit, and his great smile. Gary and all the Butchko cousins were important to me and my siblings when we were growing up. Our love goes out to you all at this sad time.
We remember Gary with love.
Gayle Morrison and Family
"Amazing work ethic" is no exaggeration. He started working when he was 12 or 13 by convincing the school janitor to let him sweep floors after school. He wanted a bike so he worked for one!
He was ambitious as well as hard working. One snowy winter he built a full size igloo, complete with entrance tunnel, by packing snow into a box and cutting the resulting blocks to the right shape with a machete. And I'll never forget the humongous piles of Autumn leaves he raked up (getting little brother and sister to help) so we could take a flying jump into them from our tree rope.
He was a great big brother and, as a man, he was generous of his time and kind to both me and Alastair.
Nikki
