Veronica "Vera"

M (Cronin) Butt

Vera passed away on Thursday morning, May 9th at the Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home on Lafayette Ave. She was just 3 days short of her 97th birthday. Born and raised in Chelsea, Vera is a lifelong resident of Chelsea. She attended Chelsea public schools and graduated from Chelsea High School, Class of 1940. Vera was the beloved wife of retired Chelsea Firefighter, W. Roy Butt. Together they shared 67 years of marriage before his passing in 2015. Vera was a homemaker throughout all of her working career. She enjoyed tending to her home, her husband and to her five children. She was a lifelong parishioner of Our Lady of Grace Church in Chelsea. Over 96 years she participated in many of the Church's functions and holiday gatherings. She was very active in the Church's 1000 Club. Vera was also involved in the 1940 Class Reunion Committee. Most importantly, Vera enjoyed spending time with all of her children and grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by all of her family and her extended family at Our Lady of Grace Parish.

The Butt family would like to thank Melanie Maynard who has been Vera's friend and caregiver for many years. They would also like to thank the staff and caretakers at the Cohen Florence Levine Estates and more recently the staff at the Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home on Lafayette Ave.

Vera is the devoted mother of Jane Frieden of Dorchester, Marie Washington and her husband Allan of Chelsea, Ellen M. Butt of Chelsea, Karen E. Butt and her wife Cynthia Brown of Newbury, Roy W. Butt and his wife Anna of Wakefield. Dear sister of Anna Mae Rossi of Chelsea and the late William J. Cronin, Catharine "Babe" Coyne. Also survived by 4 grandchildren, Elizabeth Frieden Garcia and her husband Chris, Timothy Frieden, Bryan Butt, Thomas Butt and numerous nieces and nephews.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:  Funeral from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Tuesday, May 14, at 9:00 A.M. followed by a funeral mass at Our Lady of Grace Church 59 Nichols St. Chelsea at 10:00 A.M. Services will conclude with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the Welsh Funeral Home on Monday from 4 - 8 P.M. Funeral home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite funeral home.

DONATIONS:  In lieu of flowers, contributions in Vera's memory may be made to the Cohen Florence Levine Estates Activities Fund 201 Captain's Row, Chelsea, MA 02150.