Buller, Elgin Lee (1923-1949)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1949 Jul 7 p. 1

Birth date: 1923

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Accident Fatal To Young Newton Farmer

ELGIN BULLER KILLED DURING EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY

The Newton community was deeply shocked Tuesday morning when it became known that Elgin Buller, 25 year old farmer living on the G. P. Regier farm two miles east of town, had been killed while cutting clover during the previous night.

The accident happened in a field three-quarters of a mile north of the home. He had been cutting most of the night and had only a few more rounds to finish the field. In some manner a bolt on the power takeoff between tractor and binder caught the breast pocket on his overall, resulting in a crushed throat and broken neck. He was found dead when a hired man came to relieve him in the morning. The accident had apparently happened at 2:18 a. m., his watch having been stopped at that time by the plastic crystal pressed against the hands.

Funeral services will be held at the First Mennonite church at 2:30 Friday afternoon. Elgin is survived by his wife, Anna Marie Buller, to whom he was married May 22, 1945: their two children, La Verne, 23 months, and Carol Ruth, seven months; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Regier; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Buller of Goltry, Okla., two brothers and three sisters and a large number of other close relatives.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1949 Jul 14 p. 5

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— The largest funeral held in the First Mennonite church this year was that of Elgin Buller on Friday afternoon. The church was filled to capacity with sorrowing relatives and friends, with many people standing in the rear under the balcony. The services at the home two miles east of town were conducted by Rev. J. E. Entz and in the church by Rev. J. W. Bergen of Goltry, Okla. and Rev. D. J. Unruh. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. As reported last week, Elgin lost his life in the early morning hours of July 5 while cutting clover some distance north of his home.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1949 Jul 21 p. 3

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ELGIN LEE BULLER

Elgin Lee Buller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Buller, was born Oct 21, 1923, at Goltry, Okla. and passed to his Heavenly Home at 2:18 on the morning of July 5, 1949, at the age of 25 years, 8 months and 14 days. He accepted the Lord in his youth and began to serve Him in his daily life.

Elgin appreciated the high school years which he was privileged to take at the Oklahoma Bible Academy. It was there that the Lord gave him a deeper understanding of His precious Word.

He was baptized upon his confession of faith in the Lord Jesus on Oct. 20, 1940, by Rev. J. W. Bergen and was received into the Zoar Mennonite Church. On June 9, 1946 he transferred his membership to the First Mennonite Church, Newton, Kansas where he maintained an active membership until his death.

On May 22, 1945, he was married to Marie Regier of Newton, Kansas. These were four joyous years for both of them but they were so short. The Lord blessed them with two children, LaVerne Elgin, almost 2 years, and Carol Ruth, 7 months, which multiplied the joy of their home for which they have repeatedly praised their Heavenly Father.

He was a loving husband and kind father. And his testimony which will live on proved the love he had for his Heavenly Father. He so often ended his prayers with the phrase. — “When our work here on earth is ended, then take us home to be with thee.”

His life was filled with loving service, even in gathering in the harvest for his family, then he slipped away from them. They will miss him very much. They will appreciate friends in their loneliness, and Mrs. the visits and the fellowship of Buller will appreciate your continued prayers for her.

He leaves to mourn, his deeply bereaved wife, Marie, and two children, LaVerne Elgin and Carol Ruth, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Buller, two brothers, Virgil Buller, Liberal, Kansas and Robert Buller of the home; three sisters. Mrs. Opal Penner and Mrs. Mildred Schmidt of Goltry, Okla. and Mrs. Ruby Regier, Colby, Kansas, and Marie’s parents and brothers and sisters, and his maternal grandfather, Carl Jantz, Meno, Okla. One sister, Mathilda Marie, preceded him in death in 1933, aged 7 years.

The young men's quartet of the First Mennonite church, Irvin Goertzen, Willard Entz, Edwin Regier and Herman Regier, sang two numbers at the house. “Does Jesus Care” and ’‘Meet Me There,” two numbers at the church, “That Beautiful Land" and “We’ll Say Good Night Here, But Good Morning Up There" and one number at the grave, “God Will Take Care of You.” Mrs. Alvin Ratzlaff, Orienta, Okla. sang "Safe In the Arms of Jesus" and one of the favorite solo numbers of the deceased, “Then Jesus Came,” at the church.

The Mennonite obituary: 1949 Oct 11 p. 10