DODGE CITY - John "Butch" Alexander, Jr., 66, died Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at his home in Dodge City.

He was born June 13, 1952 at Ulysses, Kansas, the son of John D. and Geneva G. (Durham) Alexander.  He was a graduate of Satanta High School and attended Seward County Community College and Dodge City Vo-Tech.  He moved to Dodge City in 1970 from Satanta.  He was the Chief Inspector for the Pawnee Watershed for many years and later a Survey Technician for Ford County.

He was a member of the Dodge City Church of the Nazarene and enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, wood working and his favorite pastime was doing Word Search puzzles.

On May 14, 1983 he married Cheryl Glassco Shipp in a beautiful, highly attended ceremony in Dodge City.

Survivors include: his wife, Dodge City; 4 children, Matthew Shipp and companion April Ryan, LaCrosse, Kansas, Benjamin Shipp, Scottsdale, Arizona, Joshua Alexander and companion Rachael Harper, Hesston, Kansas and Rachel Alexander and companion Art Spears, Dodge City; his parents, John and Geneva Alexander, Satanta; 2 brothers, Jerry Alexander and wife Arloah, Canon City, Colorado and Tom Alexander and wife Kelly, Cunningham, Kansas; a sister, Jeanne Theander and husband Arlen, Satanta; and 6 grandchildren, Garrisen Alexander, Leah Shipp, Gabriel Shipp, Zoey Spears, Zander Spears and Zachary Spears.

He was preceded in death by 3 infant sons.

Funeral service will be 10:00 am Saturday, August 4, 2018 at the Dodge City Church of the Nazarene with Dr. Justin Hayes officiating.  Burial will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City.  Visitation will be Friday from noon to 8:00 pm at Ziegler Funeral Chapel, Dodge City.