About Butch
Butch was a strong, stubborn, loving, romantic, and funny man who probably had one of the most diverse tastes in music. Butch's tastes included heavy metal, hip hop, country, R&B, and more! His love for his family and friends was always apparent in everything he did. If anyone needed anything he'd be the first one to help. He was and is still a unifying factor in our family. The annual tournament and celebration is held around the time of his birthday and acts as a family reunion each year.
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What is that?
Some of you may wonder what the Butch Friedrichs Foundation emblem is. If you're Italian you may already know. Although Butch's last name is German, Butch was also Italian. Butch embraced his Italian heritage and actually perfected the family's spaghetti sauce and an Italian rice pudding, which his mother says no one could match. Butch learned to cook many of the family recipes passed down from his Grandmother Grace. Butch showed his pride in his Italian heritage by wearing an Italian horn. The Italian horn is a horn-shaped medallian which is given to Italians as a good luck charm. If you spent time with Butch you would remember the gold Italian horn he wore around his neck. The Butch Friedrichs Foundation emblem incorporates his initials with an Italian horn necklace.