Melissa "Missy" Butcher

Missy Butcher, 52, of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2022 at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown. Services for Missy will take place on Friday, August 26 at 1:00 P.M. at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home with Pastor Chad Cook officiating. A visitation will be held on Thursday, August 25 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation. For online condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. Ph 641-844-1234. Born Melissa Ann Sears on January 23, 1970 in La Mesa, California, she was the daughter of Pat and Marilyn (Kemble) Sears. The family relocated to Iowa, where Missy graduated from LDF in Le Grand in 1988. She went on to attend Grinnell Junior College and study Culinary Arts. On May 16, 1992 she was united in marriage to Lance Butcher in Marshalltown. Missy was an excellent cook, having honed those skills at Rubes, Tremont and Haverhill Social Club. In her free time, she loved baking specialty cakes, reading, taking pictures, crafting and painting. She also enjoyed singing and dancing and even taught dance for several years. Adventurous and free-spirited, she loved traveling and was never afraid to try new things like parachuting or bungee jumping. Missy truly loved everything, especially people. She adored her children and grandchildren and she found great joy in surprising people. Left to cherish her memory is her beloved husband of 30 years, Lance Butcher; their children: Austin and Sabrina Butcher and Ryan Butcher and Emma Alman; grandchildren: Sully and Anna Butcher, plus one on the way; her parents Pat and Marilyn Sears; her brother, James and Melissa Sears; in-laws Charles and JoAnn Butcher and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. In eternal life she is reunited with her grandparents: Leonard and Ormaline Kemble, Vaughn and Ruby Sears, Thor and Gertrude Ritland and Ransford and Ida Butcher.