Buller, Vern C. (1918-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Dec 15 p. 13

Birth date: 1918 May 29

text of obituary:

VERN C. BULLER

Vern C. Buller, 90, of Glendive, Mont., died Nov. 29, 2008, at Glendive Medical Center. He was born on May 29, 1918, to Isaac and Yettie (Boese) Buller at his grandparents homestead near Richey.

He was raised and educated in the Richey area. He married Violet Richert on Dec. 28, 1941, at Bethlehem Mennonite Church.

They farmed there until 1954, then moved to Paraguay, where he helped clear land and build roads. In 1956 they moved back to Richey. He returned to farming and also worked construction. In 1960 they went back to Paraguay while he developed a rice plantation. In 1965 the call to return to the Richey area brought them back so he could continue farming. He also drove truck and moved houses. In the late 1980s they moved to Lame Deer, where he helped to build Lame Deer Mennonite Church. He was very involved with the Bible camps that were held there. The title of “resident handyman” came natural to him because there wasn’t anything he couldn’t fix or operate. They moved to Glendive in 2005.

He loved God. He felt God’s calling for him was to be an inspiration and a servant to others, which he did with love and compassion.

Survivors include his wife, Violet, of Glendive; a son, Tom Buller and his wife, Linda, of Glendive; three daughters, Kathy Gadomski and her husband, Doug, of Albuquerque, N.M., Nina Mosier of Republic, Ohio, and Cecilia Jenkins of Albuquerque; two sisters, Gladys Goosen of Billings and Margie Unruh of Glendive; a brother, Marlo Buller of Richey; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three brothers and an infant granddaughter.

Funeral services were held in the Chapel of the Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home in Glendive. Burial was in Bethlehem Mennonite Cemetery in Bloomfield.