Lloyd William Paynter Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mr. Lloyd Paynter, 91, passed on April 27, 2019 from complications after a hip surgery. Lloyd was born April 16, 1928 to Sid and Theresa (Schlosser) Paynter, the youngest of 3 sons. He was educated in local schools, graduating from Butte High School in 1947. He served his country as a clerk in the Entrance and Retirement Office in the Air Force in Biloxi, Mississippi from 1950-1954. He held several jobs in his lifetime-as a paper boy, clerk at Medelin's Pharmacy, teller at the Metals Bank, meter reader for the Montana Power Company before he was hired as a desk clerk (tabulator), retiring in 1988 after 40 years of service. He married Shirley Kechter, June 3, 1956, in St. John's Episcopal Church in Butte. At one time, he was a member of the Butte Elk's Club. He was also a Cub Scout Den Master when his son was a scout. He loved all animals, especially dogs, which he and Shirley owned several over their years together and thoroughly spoiled. When their grandchildren were little, Lloyd and Shirley took a cake decorating class at the Vo-Tech that enabled them, especially Lloyd, to bake and artfully decorate birthday and other special occasion cakes for the kids. Lloyd was talented, being able to "free-hand" draw, making wooden Christmas decorations for outside and other wooden decorations to display around the house and yard-windmills, cartoon plaques for walls, etc. He also could play music by ear on a piano and especially on an organ. When it became necessary for him to go to the Crest Nursing Home in his late 80's, he would play the organ there for his fellow residents and visitors. He was a "collector" of vehicles- cars, trucks, cycles, RVs, enjoying his "right of ownership", even if it meant that he had a Jone's appetite with a Smith pocketbook. He had a bit of a green thumb, enjoying his yard when he was able to keep up with the mowing and watering. Survivors are his wife of (almost 63 yrs.), Shirley; daughter, Sandy Vivian (Tom); son, Wayne Paynter (Sue) all of Butte; grandchildren; Corey Hautzinger, Bonney Lake, WA; Kristi May (Morgan), Sammamish, WA; Kerrie Berger (Brian), Anaconda, MT; Robbie Vivian (Chloe Axtell), Havre, MT; Theresa Paynter, Puyallup, WA; Nicole Paynter (Thomas Southern), Roy, WA; great grandchildren; Jackson, Rowan and Bodhi May; Paisley Southern; Adilynn Rangel; and Weston Berger; sister-in-law, Jean Paynter, Goleta, CA,; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Jackie and Jeff Pitts, West Valley City, UT; niece, Debbie Leary (Mike), Butte; nephew, Rick Paynter, Sugarland, TX, and several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews in MT, UT,TX and PA. Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents, Sid and Theresa; brothers, Ken and Don; a niece, Marsha Jean Paynter; sisters-in-law, Jean and Dorothy Paynter (Ken), and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. His remains are in Wayrynen-Richards where friends may call beginning Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Funeral services will be conducted in the funeral home Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock with Father Brian Miller officiating. Entombment will be in the Mountain View Mausoleum. There will be a luncheon following the service in Wayrynen-Richards Community Center. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Butte Humane Society, the Butte Food Bank, Shriner's Children's Hospitals, or to a charity of the donor's choice. Lloyd's family would like to give special thanks and recognition to the staff at the Crest Nursing Home for their dedicated care and concern to him, and to St. James hospital and his doctors, nurses and staff.

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Lloyd William Paynter

April 16, 1928 - April 27, 2019