Gunnard B. “Butch” Liliestedt Jr.

He was born July 10, 1945, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of the late Gunnard B. Liliestedt Sr. and Mary Grace Gron Liliestedt.

Butch was a 1964 gradu-ate of Bemus Point Central School district. After gra-duation he proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy.

He had worked for Cum-mins Engine in Lakewood as a metallurgical lab tech-nician.

Butch was a member of the War Veterans Recrea-tional Association, the Celoron American Legion Herman Kent Post 777, a former member of the Flu-vanna Volunteer Fire Department and a former gun safety instructor.

He enjoyed antique auto-mobiles, guns, lighthouses, boats, and family get-togethers.

Butch is survived by his wife, Linda Rae Hunt Liliestedt, whom he mar-ried March 27, 1993, in Lakewood, N.Y.; two chil-dren; Julie (Bob Boutelle) Liliestedt of Jamestown and James Liliestedt of Lake Worth, Fla.; two stepchild-ren; David (Kim) Rowe of Bemus Point, N.Y., and Kim (Mark) Baerwaldt of Boston N.Y.; three grandchildren; Jamie Rae Baerwaldt, Nathan Rowe and Cameron Rowe; two sisters: Sue (Richard) Liliestedt Thorpe of Fal-coner, and stepsister, Lynn (Robert) Wood Burlingame of Casselberry, Fla.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Carin Liliestedt Seaburg; and two brothers; Sean “Donny” Forbes Sr. and Gary Johnson.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will be no immediate services. A graveside service with mili-tary honors will be held at the Mayville Cemetery at the convenience of the fam-ily as well as a celebration of life at a time and place to be announced.

Memorial donations can be made to the Wounded Warriors Project (P.O. Box 758516 Topeka, KS 66675).

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