Wedel, Adena Buller (1886-1930)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1930 Mar 5 p. 5

Birth date: 1886 Jul 10

text of obituary:

Adena Buller-Wedel

Adena Buller-Wedel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Buller, was born in McPherson county, Kansas, July 10, 1886.

At the age of eleven years she with her parents came to Oklahoma where they located on a farm north of Goltry where she grew to womanhood.

On June 20, 1904 she was united in marriage to Henry A. Wedel of Goltry. This union was blessed with one daughter, Alvina.

December 24 she was taken to the Enid General hospital where on January 7, 1930 the Lord called her departure; at the age of 43 years, 6 months and 27 days.

She leaves to mourn her loss her deeply bereaved husband, Henry A. Wedel, one daughter Mrs. Walter Pekrul, two grandchildren, Wilbur and Doria Pekrul, her aged mother Mrs. Susie Buller, four brothers, Ed, Pete, Ferd and Amel [sic Emil] Buller, four sisters, Mrs. Henry Jantz, Mrs. Ben Voth, Mrs. Cornelius Unruh, Mrs. Ronald Pjesky all of Goltry and a host of friends and relatives. Her father and two brothers preceded her in death.

Funeral services were conducted from the Goltry Mennonite church Saturday, January 11, 1930 and interment was in Karoma cemetery. Contributed.

[Transcriber's note: A second copy of this obituary is printed on the same page of Mennonite Weekly Review as the above. There are three variations. The second obituary is headed Adena Wedel instead of Adena Buller-Wedel. In the second obituary the second paragraph begins "At the age of seven years . . ." Other sources confirm that this is inaccurate, the family did not move to Oklahoma until 1897. In the next to last paragraph, the deceased's brother Ferdinand Buller is named as "Furd" instead of "Ferd." Both versions spell Emil Buller's name as "Amel." — jrl]