It is with great sorrow that I pass along that friend Ollie Butler Jr. passed away today. A super guy, father, husband, brother and a former racer. Please say a little prayer for him and his family tonight.

Condolences to the Butler family

Condolences to the Butler family. Rest in peace Ollie. just hard to believe, the last time I saw him, he looked great. Bobby Pickell

Sincere sympathies to Ollie's family, friends and fans. Cherish your memories.

Wow. I just saw him a couple of weeks ago.  Met him at the Milford firehouse to pick up a few of the "Butler Family" racing shirts.  Great guy.  RIP Ollie

My condolences to the Butler family

Condolences to his family and his many friends. RIP

From all of us at GSVSCC.

Sad to hear. Codolences to the Butler family and friends.

Very sad to here of Ollie's passing.  He was part of our group here on 3 Wide's, and he was a core part of one of short track racing's most respected racing families.  From meeting him through FSHS/other, he was "Ollie"... a person who once you met, you looked forward to saying hello to, and picking up from wherever the conversation was the last time you met up.  I will miss that.

Thoughts and prayers are with the Butler Family, and to everyone out there that is feeling the same way we are all feeling this weekend at the loss of our friend.

3Wide

I've lost friends that were around my age many times in my life. Some when I was younger, some older, but this is the first that I've lost at this point in my life that I grew up with. Besides the racing connection, our family was friends with all the Butlers going back to the sixties. I lettered a bunch of cars for almost all of them, plus I spent time helping on their crews in the early eighties at Nazareth. Spent a lot of time at their house/garage. I remember once we pulled an all nighter to change an engine, their Mom Pat came out to the garage in the morning and was surprised I was there that early. I said I never went home! Back when they ran street stocks, you would cut the cage out and reuse it. Me, Ollie and Rich Robbins spent Memorial Day listening to the Indy 500, while gutting a Chevelle in preparation for racing. Great memories. Ollie didn't race all that long compared to the rest, instead concentrated on starting his family. But racing was always there. Over the last 30 years or so, we became even closer as my stepbrother Chuck was/is best friends with Ollie, so we saw each other at family events. Over the last couple years with Ollie's increasing health issues, we saw each other more often. Ollie faced his situation with more dignity and grace than any person I ever met. I've included a few pictures, he and his lovely wife Paula at their recent 35th anniversary, plus a couple of him and his brother Clay. RIP Ollie, it's been a great ride with you! Rest easy pal.

Oliver "Ollie" M. Butler, Jr.

Oliver “Ollie” M. Butler, Jr., 58, of Tinicum Township, PA, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 17, 2023 at his home with his family by his side. 

Full obituary information will be forthcoming.

Services will be private. A Celebration of Ollie’s Life will take place at a later date. Arrangements are under the care of the Johnson-Walton Funeral Home, 24 Church Road, Milford, NJ. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Pluckemin Medical Equipment Ministry. Please make check payable to Pluckemin Presbyterian Church, 279 U.S. 202, Pluckemin, NJ 07978 and write in the check memo MEM or Medical Equipment.

Rest in Pease Ollie, Fred Menschner.

I'm saddened to read this. Although I personally don't know the Butler family, they are very important to our racing fraternity. Ken thought the world of his parents. My condolences to his family & our racing friends. May he rest in peace.

Sorry to hear that. RIP Ollie.

My condolences to Ollie and Clays families may he rest in peace , Ward Horner