Buller, Chris A. (1882-1976)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1976 Feb 26 p. 11

Birth date: 1882 Nov 4

text of obituary:

CHRIS A BULLER

Chris A. Buller was born on Nov. 4, 1882 in Johnson County, Iowa and had reached his 93rd birthday before his death on Jan. 24, 1976.

In July 1897 he was baptized upon confession of faith. On Oct. 3, 1911 he and Lena Schmidt were united in marriage.

Chris was active in many ways. A charter member of the Bethlehem Mennonite Church of Bloomfield, Mont. and also a charter member of the First Mennonite Church of Glendive, Mont., he continued helping and serving in the church.

A farmer at heart, he homesteaded in Montana in 1906, farming in the Richey and Bloomfield communities till 1945 when he with his wife moved to Glendive. Employed by the Glendive Greenhouse in 1947, he continued working there for almost 25 years until his retirement at age 90.

On Sept. 2, 1975 he became a resident of the Wibaux County Nursing Home. On Jan. 10, 1976, because of illness, he was transferred to the Glendive Community Hospital where he passed away.

Immediate survivors include two daughters, Nellie, Mrs. Henry A. Becker of Pennington, Minn. and Adeline, Mrs. William Ost of Glendive, Mont.; four sons, Edward of Great Falls, Mont., Henry of Goshen, Ind., Jeff of Kalispell, Mont., and Melvin of Arlington, Va., and one sister, Mrs. Ida Boese, Glendive. Also surviving are one son-in-law, four daughters-in-law, 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

His wife, Lena; three sons, Willie, Roy and Charles; two daughters, Salina and Frieda; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild preceded him in death.