Aug. 15, 1948 – Mar. 30, 2012
Memorial service will be at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in St. Rosa for LaNita Butkowski, 63. who died on Friday, Mar. 30. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church.
Lanita Rene Winter was born August 15, 1948 in Melose, Minnesota to John and Dorothy Winter. On January 21, 1967 she married Raymond Butkowski at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose, Minnesota. She graduated from St. Cloud Technical College with a degreee in accounting and worked at Fingerhut in St. Cloud. LaNita enjoyed cooking, traveling, Nascar Racing, and spending time with her family, including her four beloved grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond; daughter Kelly (Gerald) Gerads of St. Michael and Jeff (Carol) Butkowski of Albany; and four grandchildren, Mitchell and John Gerads and Hunter and Amy Butkowski.
LaNita was preceeded in death by her parents, and her sister Carol Moening.