Ruth Louise "Jill" Butler (née Robertson)

Ruth Louise Butler, known to all as Jill, passed away on March 19, 2018, at the age of 84 years.

Raised in Minneapolis and Chicago, Jill attended high school at Marywood Academy in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated from The College of New Rochelle. She married, lived briefly in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, then settled in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where she devoted herself to raising her six children.

She later pursued a career in teaching, first in the Ridgewood public schools, and later, after moving to Darien, Connecticut, as a sought-after tutor for many years at the Sylvan Learning Center there. In later years she also resided in Fairfield, Connecticut, New York City and Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Noted throughout her life for her beauty, Jill also worked intermittently as a model and actress. From magazine ads for Coca-Cola in her teens, to TV commercials, print work, and a small role in the Sex and the City movie in her 70's, her natural elegance and warm smile were always in demand.

Jill will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 63 years James Butler, and her children James Jr. (Alice), Michael (Ginny), Katherine Reilly (Ed), Jennifer O'Neal (Greg), William (Laura), and John (Eileen), as well as nineteen grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. She was predeceased by her brother Jack Robertson.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in memory of Jill at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 1 Passaic Street, in Ridgewood at 10:30AM on Saturday, March 24, 2018.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Jill can be made to The College of New Rochelle at www.alum.cnr.edu or by mail at 29 Castle Place, New Rochelle NY 10805.