Paul L. Butler

A graduate of Middlebury College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, his life's passions were writing poetry, teaching children, and exploring the great outdoors.

He is pre-deceased by his parents: Paul L. Butler, Jr. and Dorothy W. Butler of Leicester, Massachusetts. He is survived by his brother: Eugene Butler and his wife Judy of Paxton, Massachusetts; and three children: David Butler and his wife Martha of Baltimore, Maryland, Danielle (Butler) Burian and her husband Michael of Lewiston, Maine, and Chanterelle (Butler) Atkins and her husband Kevin of Wiscasset, Maine.

A private celebration of life will be held at Moosehead Lake in Maine. Condolences may be shared with the family through AdvantagePortland.com.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made payable to: "Treasurer, State of Maine," with a note or memo line, "Donation for Camden Hills State Park trails in memory of Paul L. Butler."Mail to:Department of Conservation106 Hogan Road, Suite 7Bangor, ME  04401

These gifts will support one of his favorite locations, Mount Battie in Camden, Maine, where Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote Renascence in 1917, which begins:

All I could see from where I stoodWas three long mountains and a wood;I turned and looked the other way,And saw three islands in a bay.So with my eyes I traced the lineOf the horizon, thin and fine,Straight around till I was comeBack to where I'd started from.