Nina McHugh

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 Nina Leota (Butts) McHugh was born May 30, 1927, to William Parker and Lertie Leota (Weldon) Butts. She was born and raised two miles west of Pisgah, Iowa and had five sisters, Marie, Edith, Ruby, Joy and Bessie, and two brothers, Dale and Mark. Mark was killed in an accident in 1942 with a team of horses and plow. He was 21 years of age. Nina and Dean were married in Rockport, Missouri on July 29, 1943. The couple farmed and lived on the same farm for 67 years. They moved to Pisgah in 2010. Dean died on September 24, 2011. 

 Nina was a member of the Community of Christ where she taught Sunday School and was active in the Ladies Aid. She was also a member of the Eastern Star. Nina enjoyed gardening and fishing trips to Minnesota. 

 Nina died on Wednesday, December 19, 2024, at her home in Pisgah surrounded by her family at the age of 97 years, six months and 19 days.

 Nina was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dean in 2011; son, Patrick in 2024; siblings, Marie Marten, Edith Andersen, Ruby Gahm, Joy Woodward, Bessie Baumgarner, Dale Butts and Mark Butts. She is survived by her three sons, Lonnie Dean McHugh and his wife Vicki of Pisgah; Timothy Allen McHugh and his wife Debbie of West Liberty, Iowa and Terry Lee McHugh of Pisgah; daughter-in-law, Mary McHugh of Norfolk, Virginia; 10 grandchildren; many great grandchildren; and soon to be a great-great grandmother to baby girls in February and March.