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Octavia Lynn Starry

July 19, 1948 — June 26, 2010

Octavia Lynn Starry, 61, of Hagerstown, Md., gracefully took the hand of God the morning of Saturday, June 26, 2010, at her mother's home in Hagerstown.

Born July 19, 1948, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of Betty G. (Semler) Butts of Hagerstown and the late Melvin A. Butts.

She was a 1966 graduate of South Hagerstown High School. In 1991, she graduated from Hagerstown Community College with an executive secretary AA degree and completed the paralegal studies program in 1993. She was a Phi Theta Kappa honor student.

Octavia previously was employed by Ace Hardware as a bookkeeper in Del Rio, Texas, a secretary at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, N.D., an aide with the Washington County Board of Education, a data entry agent for Electronic Banking Systems, and most recently worked in guest services at the Plaza Hotel in Hagerstown.

She was an avid animal lover and particularly devoted to her families pets.

Octavia will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by one brother, Melvin A. Butts Jr.; and one sister, Rita Sue Butts.

In addition to her mother, she is survived by her daughter, Courtney Starry of Williamsport; one sister, Tina Hultslander and her husband, Brian, of Funkstown; her former husband, Ron Starry; and many family members.

Funeral services will be Thursday, July 1, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Rest Haven Funeral Chapel, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave., Hagerstown, with Pastor Gene W. Renner officiating. Interment will follow in Rest Haven Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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