The Sherwood Football Club sadly acknowledge the passing of Bertha Joyce Butler (nee Lea) who passed away peacefully in her sleep on 16 October.

Bertha was a wonderful woman, caring and considerate of all she came into contact with and was a loving mother of 14 children, 10 of whom pulled on the black & white stripes of the Sherwood Magpies.

Coming from a wonderful family, her brother Buddy Lea was a hero of the Battle of Long Tan and 7 of her sons and 3 of her daughters played at Sherwood in the 1970’s and 1980’s, making them a remarkable family in the history of the Sherwood Football Club community.

The best on ground medal in the first match between Sherwood and Mt Gravatt each year is known as the Butler-Hammond Medal in honour of eldest son Greg Butler.

“We are all visitors to this time, to this place.

We are just passing through.

Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love.

And then we return home.”

(Aust Aboriginal Proverb)