Richard "Butch" Charles Gwilt

Butch is preceded in death by his parents, and the love of his life Darlene. Darlene and Butch were married for 41 years.

Butch loved spending time with his Darlene. That was his number one favorite thing to do. He also loved spending time with their cat Ginger.

He was a 1968 graduate from Bath High School. Butch was a helper. He loved to help those in need. You could clearly see how much he loved to help people with his career choices. He was a guard at the Eaton Co. jail, an EMT for Charlotte, but his favorite job choice was being Santa Claus. Around the holiday's you could find this Santa at the Meridian Mall, University Club at MSU and the Peacock Road Family Farm. He loved bringing joy and happiness to children of all ages.

Butch was a family man, who absolutely loved spending time with his family. He was very proud of his Native American Heritage.

To get away from it all you could find Butch spending time up north, camping.

He will be greatly missed by his sisters, Dixie Barnes and Connie Plettl; sister and brother in laws, Sheri Wagner, Theresa L'Esperance, Todd (Heidi) Wagner, Kevin (Joy) Smith; many nieces, nephews and good friends.

Celebration of Life at Wiswasser Park in Bath, MI on Saturday, Oct 2 at 3:30 p.m.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.grlansing.com for the Gwilt family.