Marie Gloria CYR

STERLING, Va. -- Marie Gloria Cyr Butler passed away at the Falcons Landing community, Sterling, on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005. She was born in Waterville, Maine, and graduated from Mount Merici Academy, Waterville, and the Comptometer School in Boston. She attended Boston College and the Maryland University. She spoke, read and wrote French proficiently and majored in music. She was awarded a four-year scholarship to the National Academy of Music in St. Louis. Marie taught both French and music in Tokyo, Japan and the United States. She was an organist and choir director on Air Force bases and sang with the Air Force band. She was also an avid bridge player and attained Master Points.During her work career she was employed by the federal government, working at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. She also worked at the Far East Air Force Command HQ in Tokyo, the Fifth Air Force HQ at Fuchu AFB, Scott AFB in Illinois, and Sampson AFB in New York. Before that she worked first as a bookkeeper for the Atherton Furniture Company in Waterville, and then as a bank examiner in Boston, where she audited approximately 55 Massachusetts savings banks. She accompanied her husband to Air Force bases across the country and the Far East and traveled extensively after retirement throughout the world.She was the beloved wife of Lt. Col. Francis T. Butler (USAF retired) who passed away Nov. 30, 2004. The Butlers resided in Crystal City for 27 years prior to moving to Falcons Landing. She is survived by many loving nieces and nephews in Maine and Massachusetts. Funeral services will be provided by Murphy Funeral Home in Falls Church, with service and burial March 1 at Arlington National Cemetery.