Sharlelle N. Butler, 27, prison guard

Sharlelle N. Butler, 27, of Mount Airy, a state prison guard and former Army military police officer in Iraq, died of pancreatic cancer last Thursday in Chestnut Hill Hospital.

A 1999 graduate of Bodine High School for International Affairs, Miss Butler entered Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Kappa sorority. She received a bachelor's degree there in 2006.

Miss Butler joined the Army Reserve in 2000 while in college, said her mother, Lynnell, a Philadelphia police officer in the 17th District. Her education was interrupted when her unit was activated, and she served in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2005 and 2006.

Miss Butler was a correctional officer at the state prison in Chester for the last year.

Besides her mother, Miss Butler is survived by a sister, Nigelle, and her friend Andre Harper. Her father, Earl, died in 2007.

Friends may call after 8 a.m. Saturday at Oxford Presbyterian Church, 8501 Stenton Ave., where a funeral service will begin at 10. Burial will be in Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Prospectville.