Family will receive friends on Monday February 9th, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. until time of Memorial Service at 12:00 p.m. at White's Funeral and Cremation Services, 867 S. James Rd. Columbus, OH 43227. All who know her are welcome to attend and pay their respects. Livestream will start at 12:00 p.m. 

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to Capital City Hospice in Memory of Sandra Butler.

Celebrating a Life Well-Lived

In Loving Memory

It is with deep sorrow and much love that we announce the passing of Sandra Butler (Pete), who departed this life on Saturday, January 31, 2026. She was born on September 4, 1947, in Columbus, Ohio. She was the first of three children born to Douglas Butler and Claudine Randolph Butler.

She was educated in the Columbus Public School System and a proud graduate of East High School Class of 1965. She studied at The Ohio State University. She was also a member of the Ohio Army National Guard. She worked as a clerk at the Defense Construction Supply Center in her early years. She went on to further employment for the City of Columbus, Columbus Police Department as records technician from which she retired in 2001.

Sandra was preceded in death by her father Douglas Butler; mother Claudine Butler Smith; niece Lisa Butler; brother Steven Butler; and stepfather Jospeh Smith.

Sandra is survived by her sister Sharon Hawkins; two great nephews Brandon (Brittney) Nowlin and Kevin Jones, II; Six great-great nephews Braylon and Bryden Nowlin, Kameron, Karter, Josiah, and Shiloh Jones and one great-great niece Brittyn Nowlin; Cousins Tony Golden, Michael (Jan) Butler, Jonathan Butler, and Phyllis Butler as well as many cherished friends Donna Obadina, William Bolden, Angela Tyler, Beverly Gibbs, and several other relatives and friends. Her extended families are Barnes, Lewis, and Tillman’s. Sandra’s presence will be profoundly missed but forever remembered in the hearts of all who loved her.

May Sandra “Pete” Butler rest in heavenly peace, forever remembered and deeply loved.