Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne
Jersey City PD/Ret.

June 29, 2024

Another "Hero" taken.
You helped make this world a safer place to live.
May God grant you eternal peace.
Prayers to your loved ones and to your department.

Det. Billy Russo (Ret.)
Nassau County PD, NY

June 29, 2024

Deputy Sheriff Butler, a police officer should be remembered not by how he died but by how he lived! A brave man has left to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you for your military service and 12 years of commitment to law enforcement service, to your family, and to the Hillsdale County Sheriff's Office. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

June 29, 2024

Prayers & Condolences
Rest in Peace Deputy Sheriff William Butler, Jr.

Sgt. Randy Keenan ~ (Retired)
City of Alameda, CA Police Department

June 29, 2024

Rest in peace, Deputy Butler, Jr. Praying for your loved ones.

Officer C Curione (Retired)
Rochester Police Department, NY

June 29, 2024

Justice will be done, braveheart. The world is less now. I shall always pray for you and people like you. You are the heart of courage.

Patricia Harrison

June 29, 2024

May the light of God shine on in your good deeds you left behind changing lives. I pray the Holy Spirit of God our Father comfort your family and brothers and sisters in blue. Thank you for sacrificing your life for this country and your community. No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/72/jhn.15.13.HCSB

Chaplain Teri Beeler
Orlando Police Department

June 29, 2024

Rest In Peace Brother

james oneill
NYPD

June 29, 2024

Deputy Sheriff William Butler, Jr., my heart is heavy after reading these details of your murder at the hands of this criminal. You have been taken away from your wife, five children and all those that love and care about you. I thank you for your service to our Military and to your Department. You have led a life of service to all of us. May God Bless you and keep you now.
Rest In Peace, Brother.

Mary Milam
Sergeant (Ret)
Chicago Police Department

Leesburg. FL

June 29, 2024

Extending our thoughts and prayers to the immediate family of Deputy Sheriff William Butler, Jr. and the extended law enforcement family of the Hillsdale County Sheriff's Office, Michigan.



End of Watch Thursday, June 27, 2024.



Rest in Peace brother and watch over us. We will protect and serve from here on in your honor.

I fight not for glory or fame, for they are momentary. I fight for those who can't. I fight for Justice. I fight for the oppressed and the down trodden. And if I should lose my life for these just causes, then I have no regrets, For I serve to protect the innocent. It matters not where or when, for evil knows no boundaries. Be it fire, flood, or the threat of tyranny, I will not flee. Justice is my weapon. Faith is my shield. Hope is my armor. Cry not at my passing, for it was my Honor to fight for you. Shed not tears of sorrow, but tears of joy, for now, I stand with God.

By Jon F. Hooper

"Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer (Retired)
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

June 29, 2024

My prayers for the Butler family. My heart goes out to you all, blood and blue. Mother of Toledo Police Det. Keith Dressel E.O.W 2-21-07 I am here for you.

Larraine Dressel
Mother of Det. Keith Dressel E.O.W. 2/21/07 TPD

June 29, 2024

Deputy Butler,

I am very saddened to hear of your tragic loss. I would like to thank you for your courageous service to our nation in the middle east, as well as your service to the people of Hillsdale County. I will pray for your wife, five children, as well as for all your other friends, family, loved ones and colleagues. Rest in peace.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God”. – Matthew 5:9

Daniel Ryan
Private Investigator (Retired)

June 29, 2024

Hillsdale was my home. It was safe and it was peaceful. It was that way because of men and women who chose to protect. May you rest in peace Deputy Butler. I pray for your family.

PFC Michael Dube
South Bend Police Department

June 29, 2024

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Correctional Officer Paul Schanno
Hennepin County (Minneapolis)- Adult Corrections Facility

June 28, 2024

Rest in Peace Brother

Thank you for your service and ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

Prayers for you and your family

GOD BLESS

Firefighter Ronald Lavallee
Lawrence, MA Fire Department

June 28, 2024

May God's hand of peace and comfort be on the survivng family and the rest of the
Department.

Chaplain Jesse White
Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop D

June 28, 2024

Every day we lose another officer keeping us all safe. Blessing to all your family and friends

So sad for you and your family.
You were very brave.
Sincerely, Becky Bergstrom,
West Duluth, Minnesota

June 28, 2024

My sincere Condolences to your Family, Friends, and The Community who lost an Officer willing to protect them all with his life. Thank You Sir for your service. Rest for now.

Minnesota Girl
Civilian

June 28, 2024

MY HEARTFELT PRAYERS AND SINCERE CONDOLENCES ARE WITH DEPUTY BUTLER AND HIS LOVED ONES IN THIS TIME OF SORROW.
REST IN PEACE BROTHER. GODSPEED.

INV. RICH WYNN, RET.
WILL COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT., ILL.

June 28, 2024

So sad to hear the news.

May you rest in peace after having served those around you. My thoughts are with you, your family, fellow officers, and friends.

Reserve Police Officer Retired G. Krysto
Los Angeles Police Department

June 28, 2024

God bless you Deputy William Butler Jr., for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office. Rest in Peace Brother.

Officer Jim Drabos (Retired)
San Gabriel (CA) Police Department

June 28, 2024

Rest in peace brother. We have the watch from here. Thoughts and prayers for you, your family and your department.

Officer Tommy Thomason
Security Officer

June 28, 2024

Rest in peace brother

Reserve Officer Steve Durfee
Retired

June 28, 2024

I’ll say it - At least the criminal got what he deserved/ and not arrested as in most cases - it’s the way things must be done to secure our lives - thank god for police and troopers who have their hands tied all the while helping make this a place to live!!!

Civilian/ X -narcotics Fred Lovett
Narcotics Mississippi bureau

June 28, 2024

God called another hero home. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of your loved ones. Thank you for your service to our country and the citizens of Hillsdale County.
You will be missed brother. God speed.

1SG Robert Rapa (retired)
82nd Airborne, US Army

June 28, 2024