MARY  KLAR BUTLER

Mary Klar, a 1940 graduate of the East Aurora, NY high school was an avid supporter of the New York State Troopers. This was peeked from listening to weekly radio stories of the Grey Riders on WHAM radio. During the summer of 1942, she traveled by bicycle to Malone and Sidney and in 1943 to Albany and Lake George areas. During these trips, she stopped at each Trooper Facility she came across photographing stations and troopers. She wore a self- patterned gray & black uniform with a shoulder emblem that read “New York State HTNT” (Has the Nicest Troopers). In 1943, she enlisted in the Coast Guard Auxiliary (SPARS) assigned at Philadelphia. She married William Butler in 1945 settling in Stanley, NY where she raised 4 children, Rosemary, Carol Ann, Michael & Timothy. She retired from the Ontario County Clerk’s Office where she worked for many years. Many of the photos throughout this web site are attributed to her.