Buller, Lydia F. Schmidt (1898-1971)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Jan 6 p. 8

Birth date: 1898 Oct 2

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&bull: Mrs. D, D. Buller, 73, of East Second Street died Dec. 30 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday forenoon at the Zion Mennonite Church, Elbing, with Rev. Harold Graber in charge. Mrs. Buller, the former Lydia F. Schmidt, was born at Goessel on Oct. 2, 1898. Surviving in addition to her husband are six sons, Raymond of Peabody, Harold of Burrton, Wesley of Winfield, Clarence of Lawrence, Arlo of Dallas, Texas, and Myron of Lamar, Colo.; three daughters, Mrs. Robert Regier of Elbing, Mrs. N. Paul Stucky of Salina, and Mrs. Linferd Goertz of Ferndale, Wash.; 27 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Banman, Mrs. John Banman and Mrs. Kurt Wiens, all of Goessel; and two brothers, Phillip Schmidt of Goessel and Adolph Schmidt of Newton.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Feb 17 p. 11

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MRS. LYDIA F. BULLER

Lydia F. Buller was born on Oct. 2, 1898, at Goessel, Kan. to David H. and Elizabeth Funk Schmidt, being the eldest of seven children.

Upon confession of her faith, she was baptized on Dec. 26, 1917, at the Alexanderwohl Church near Goessel. In 1920 she became a charter member of the Goessel Mennonite Church. In 1942 her membership was transferred to the Zion Mennonite Church at Elbing, where she remained a faithful member for the remainder of her life.

She was united in marriage to David D. Buller on Aug. 14, 1919, at the homestead of her parents, the ceremony taking place in a tent. To this union were born three daughters and six sons, all of whom survive and will remember her as a praying and a singing mother. Mother and father celebrated their 50th anniversary in August 1969 at their home in Newton, with the entire family present.

Mother enjoyed good health all of her life. During her life she touched many other lives in many different ways, all of which come under the umbrella of Christian love — love for God, love for family, and love for others. She was a faithful steward of her time and met difficulty with firm belief that all things work together for good to them that love the Lord.

She entered Bethel Hospital on Dec. 28, 1971 and on Dec. 30 went home to be with the Lord. She is lovingly remembered and will be keenly missed by her husband, David; by their children, Hilda and Robert, Raymond and Evelyn, Harold and Verna, Elizabeth and N. Paul, Wesley, Pearl and Linferd, Clarence and Martha, Arlo and Carolyn, and Myron; and by 27 grandchildren. She also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Sam Banman, Mrs. John Banman and Mrs. Kurt Wiens, and two brothers, Philip Schmidt and Adolf Schmidt. She was preceded in death by Keith, a son-in-law, Joyce, a daughter-in-law, and by Warren, a grandson.

Funeral services were conducted at the Zion Church, Elbing, on Jan. 3 by Harold Graber and James Griffin.

'The Mennonite obituary: 1972 Feb 22 p. 136