Buller, Elgin Lee (1923-1949)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1949 Jul 7 p. 1

Birth date: 1923

text of obituary:

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.

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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