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Services for Butler were held on December 20, 2010, at the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], Kentucky, where he had retired and formerly twice served in an interim capacity. He is interred at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville. Butler was twice married. On the death of Lillian Kiser Butler (1929-2004), his wife of fifty-seven years and mother of his three children, he wed the former Shirley Patton (born 1929), who survives him. His children are Sandra B. Hodge (born 1949) of Princeton in Caldwell County in western Kentucky and Richard C. Butler (born 1958), a minister in West Lafayette, Indiana. He had ten grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, and two stepchildren.<ref name=obit/>
Services for Butler were held on December 20, 2010, at the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], Kentucky, where he had retired and formerly twice served in an interim capacity. He is interred at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville. Butler was twice married. On the death of Lillian Kiser Butler (1929-2004), his wife of fifty-seven years and mother of his three children, he wed the former Shirley Patton (born 1929), who survives him. His children are Sandra B. Hodge (born 1949) of Princeton in Caldwell County in western Kentucky and Richard C. Butler (born 1958), a minister in West Lafayette, Indiana. He had ten grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, and two stepchildren.<ref name=obit/>
Mid-Continent University announced plans to build a 500-seat chapel to be named the "LaVerne Butler Memorial Chapel."<ref name=foust/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midcontinent.edu/traditional/mcu-alumnus-working-bring-multi-media-chapel-mayfield-campus|title=MCU Alumnus Working to Bring Multi-Media Chapel to Mayfield Campus|publisher=midcontinent.edu|date=undated|accessdate=February 14, 2020}}</ref>
Mid-Continent University announced plans to build a 500-seat chapel to be named the "LaVerne Butler Memorial Chapel."<ref name=foust/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midcontinent.edu/traditional/mcu-alumnus-working-bring-multi-media-chapel-mayfield-campus|title=MCU Alumnus Working to Bring Multi-Media Chapel to Mayfield Campus|publisher=midcontinent.edu|date=undated|accessdate=February 14, 2020}}</ref> It is unclear if the chapel was ever completed.
In 2008, Butler was honored for a "lifetime of sacrificial service" with the unveiling of his portrait at the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church.<ref name=aabc>{{cite web|url=http://www.ashlandbaptistchurch.org/aabc/2008/07/23/dr-laverne-butler-honored-at-aabc/|title=Dr. LaVerne Butler Honored at AABC|publisher=ashlandbaptistchurch.org|accessdate=December 23, 2010}}</ref>
In 2008, Butler was honored for a "lifetime of sacrificial service" with the unveiling of his portrait at the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church.<ref name=aabc>{{cite web|url=http://www.ashlandbaptistchurch.org/aabc/2008/07/23/dr-laverne-butler-honored-at-aabc/|title=Dr. LaVerne Butler Honored at AABC|publisher=ashlandbaptistchurch.org|accessdate=December 23, 2010}}</ref>