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Attorney, election commissioner, trumpet player: Bill Butts dies at 72

Cyril William “Bill” Butts, Jr., 1954–2026 A longtime Galesburg attorney, election commissioner and musician has died. Cyril William “Bill” Butts, Jr., died Wednesday, Sept. 2, from complications of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. Butts was born June 8, 1954, in Galesburg, the son of Cyril William Butts, Sr., and Anna Rose Weech Butts. He attended St. Joseph’s Academy and Costa High School before graduating from Galesburg High School in 1972, then…
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WGIL 93.7 FM & 1400 AM broke the news on Friday, September 4, 2026.
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