Born in Curwensville, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Franklin William Butters
and Rachael Aquila (Wise) Butters
Sister of
Orvin Algeron Butters, Ruth Isabell (Butters) Stadler, Howard Henry Butters, Walter Franklin Butters, Royden Reneldo Butters, Mary Roberta Butters, Alvin Levern Butters and Raymond Frederick Butters
Wife of
Wilbur Ross James Jr.
— married
16 Jul 1948 in Kane, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Jack Butters
Died
at age 91
in Kane, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Obituary
Alta Mae James, 91, formerly of 528 Elk Avenue, Kane, died early Monday morning, November 24, 2008, at The Lutheran Home at Kane, where she resided.
Born May 1, 1917, in Curwensville, she was the daughter of Frank W. and Rachel A. Wise Butters.
On July 16, 1948 in Kane, she married Wilbur R. James, who died in 2000.
A 1934 graduate of Kane Area High School, she worked for many years at the Sekura Silk Mill.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Kane, where she belonged to the Women's Missionary Group.
Surviving are three daughters, Nancy Brubaker of Elmira, N.Y., Dawn Burket of Elkland and Elaine Henry of West Chesterfield, Mass.; a son, Ross James in Nevada; nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren, plus several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death, in addition to her husband and parents, by brothers Howard and Royden Butters and a sister, Ruth Prince.
A memorial service will be held privately at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church in Kane.
The Ronald McDonald II Funeral Home, Inc. in Kane has charge of arrangements. [1]
Sources
- ↑ The Kane (Pennsylvania) Republican, 25 November 2008, obituary for Alta Mae James at https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/14A7D2C1B4E02DB8-14A7D2C1B4E02DB8 : accessed 12 December 2017
- Death notice, printed in The Bradford Era, Bradford, PA (newspaper) 25 Nov 2008
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alta Mae by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alta Mae:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alta Mae by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alta Mae:
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~25.00%
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