Terence James “Terry” Bueker
1962 - 2014
Obituary
Terence James "Terry" Bueker, 52, died Friday
(Feb. 7, 2014) at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md.
He was born on Jan. 4, 1962, in Newton, the son of James F.
and Imogene M. Sloan Bueker. Terry graduated from Newton High School in 1980;
he later attended Pittsburg State University and Wichita State University.
Terry moved to Arizona in the early 1990s, where he lived
for a few years, until returning to Kansas. He received a degree as a paralegal
from the American Institute of Paralegal Studies in 1997. Terry worked in
Wichita for Koch Industries and was a legal assistant at the Kansas Legal
Services. He moved to Overland Park, Mo., and in April 2000 he became a legal
specialist at Sprint-Nextel Corp., where he worked until becoming ill in July
2013, shortly after which he moved to Glen Allen, Va.
Terry was an avid fan of the Kansas State Wildcats, Kansas
City Chiefs and attended several Nascar races across the country. He also
enjoyed fishing and attending concerts.
Survivors include his father, James of Newton; sisters, Rev.
Carolyn Schwarz and husband, Kenneth of Glen Allen, Va., and Jan Bueker of
Topeka; nephew, Dustin Parsons-Schwarz and spouse, Nathan of Springfield, Va.;
niece, Marlene Plumley and husband, John of Annapolis, Md.; and great-nephews, Andrew
and Daniel Jones.
Terry was an organ donor and was able to enrich the lives of
three other people through the Living Legacy organization to which a memorial
fund has been established. Contributions also may be given to the First
Christian Church in Newton, or the Sheltering Arms Physical Rehabilitation
Center in Mechanicsville, Va., which also provided services to Terry.
Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway,
Newton, KS 67114.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 13,
2014) at the First Christian Church in Newton. Interment will be in the
Restlawn Gardens of Memory.
The family will receive friends between 6 and 8 p.m. at the
funeral home Wednesday.
Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.
