Janice "Carol" Butzirus Obituary (1942 - 2015)

Janice Carol Butzirus, 73, of Washington, formerly of Bloomington, passed away at 9:50 a.m., Saturday, November 21, 2015 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria following a lengthy battle with cancer.Her funeral will be at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, Bloomington with Rev. Ralph E. Wingate, Sr. officiating. Burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 11:00-1:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.Memorials may be directed to Illinois Cancer Care.Carol was born February 12, 1942 in Auxier, Kentucky, the daughter of Richard and Nettie Sluss McKenzie. She married Michael D. Butzirus on May 20, 1988 in Bloomington. He survives.She is also survived by three children, Carolyn Anderson of Warsaw, IN, Ron Warren of Wabash, IN and a step son, Nick Butzirus of Bloomington; seven grandchildren, Brandi and Jamie Seeley, Nicole Staley, Danielle Trout, Crystal Keesey, Brian Warren and Matt Warren; and 10 great grandchildren. Also surviving are 6 brothers and 3 sisters, Betty Webb of Bloomington, Ethel McKenzie and Esta Erman, both of Wabash, IN, William (Judy) McKenzie of Largo, IN, Kathy (Glen) Dotson of Akron, IN, Brenda (Randy) Newman of Warsaw, IN, Della (Ivan) Lance of N. Manchester, IN, Richard and Herbert McKenzie both of Laketon, IN.She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Rita Shoemaker and a grandson, Andrew Warren.Carol spent her early years in Kentucky until the family moved to Wabash, IN. While in Wabash, Carol was a caregiver for 17 years at Vernon Manor, caring for special needs children. She moved to Bloomington in the mid 1980s and worked as an in home caregiver for the elderly. In the late 1990s she moved to Washington and continued as an in home caregiver for the elderly.While working in Peoria, the family of one of Carols patients voluntarily gave her a reference which included the following: Her expertise, professionalism and capacity to truly love our parents was a great comfort to us. She always seemed to intuitively know the right thing to do, and really understood what made them happy. We highly recommend her to you and feel you would have a hard time finding anyone better for this type of work. It is truly Carols calling and mission in life.