Buller, Ruth Lehman (1921-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Nov 22 p. 9

Birth date: 1921 Jul 19

text of obituary:

RUTH BULLER

Ruth Buller, 89, a resident of Greencroft in Goshen, Ind., died Sept. 1, 2010, after a slow deterioration in health. She was born July 19, 1921, to Joseph and Stella Sharp Lehman in Kenmare, N.D.

Upon her father’s death while she and her siblings were young, the family moved to Michigan to be closer to relatives. After graduating from high school, she held various jobs and traveled to the West Coast before joining Mennonite Central Committee at the end of World War II. She was sent to Europe to work in an orphanage, and it was during her service there that she met Herman Buller, who was also volunteering with MCC. They were married in 1951 at Eighth Street Mennonite Church in Goshen.

Subsequent moves took them to Illinois and to Oklahoma. In 1966 they accepted a call to be missionaries in Congo under what is now known as Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission. They served in Congo until 1988, when they retired to Goshen. They were active members at Silverwood Mennonite Church, and she also enjoyed volunteering for Goshen Community Hospital.

Survivors include her children, Marcia Glick and her husband, Allen, of Glenwood, N.M., and Royce Buller and his wife, Marian, of Bentonville, Ark.; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and all of her siblings: her twin brother, Reuel Lehman, David Lehman, Mary Handrich, Ethel Slabaugh, Genevieve Buckwalter and Josephine Swartzendruber.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Herman, in 2005.

A memorial service will be held at Silverwood Mennonite Church at a later date.