R.W. Butch Authier

Mason City R.W. Butch Authier, age 58, of Mason City, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. A gathering of friends and family will be held Tuesday, May 11, 2010, from 9:00 AM 12:00 PM, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. Friends are invited to join the family at 2:00 PM at the Moose Lodge in Mason City. Memorials may be directed to the R.W. Butch Authier Memorial Fund in care of the family.

Butch was born December 17, 1951, in Algona, Iowa, the son of Rene and Naomi (Murray) Authier. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1970 before attending NIACC and UNI, eventually earning a BA in Accounting in 1991. Butch was an avid sports fan, especially when it came to the Green Bay Packers (while hating the Vikings) and The Minnesota Twins. He collected many sports cards over the years. He loved his children and grandchildren, and enjoyed any kind of puzzle, hard work that involved his hands, and drinking. As he liked to put it, He was an Authier. He will be deeply missed by all who loved and knew him.

Butch is survived by his five children, Heather and husband Adam Bates and children Lexus and Logan Beier, Hayley and husband Matthew Behrends and their children Emma and Cohen, Shane and wife Sara Authier and children Hailey Piper and Parker and Ellie Authier, Heidi and husband Anthony Pridemore and children Robert and Rayne, Hillary Authier and her son Dominick Mason; two sisters, Anita and husband Terry Darlington and their son Terry Lee, Jr, and his son Ayden Darlington, Donna and husband Les Hustand and son Chris Hughes and wife Dawn, and their children Kailea and Matthew.

He was preceded in death by his parents; niece, Michaelle Darlington; and nephew, Chad Hughes.

Memorials:
R.W. Butch Authier Memorial Fund in care of the family

Cemetery:
Private

Visitation:
Tuesday, May 11, 2010, from 9:00 AM 12:00 PM, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Service:
Private