Mildred Buller
1929 - 2019
Obituary
Mildred June (Regier) Buller, 89, died
Friday (May 10, 2019) at Kansas Christian Home in Newton.
She was born on June 26, 1929, in a
hospital in Halstead, the daughter of Edward C. and Anna May Dick
Regier.
After finishing high school in Buhler,
she attended summer classes at Bethel College. Mildred taught at a
one-room school in rural Peabody for three years. She was united in
marriage to Franklin Allen Buller on June 14, 1950, at the Hebron
Mennonite Church of rural Buhler.
Together, the Bullers farmed near
Peabody until moving the family farm east of Peabody. In 1965,
Mildred began working as a para in the classroom and library at
Peabody Elementary School. She and her husband farmed until 1997,
when they retired then moved into Peabody. After Franklin's death on
Nov. 29, 2001, Mildred moved to the Kansas Christian Home campus in
Newton.
Survivors include her four children:
Donita Eck and husband Merlin, Keith Buller and wife Deb, Cheryl
Nottingham and husband Dave, all of Newton, and Dale Buller of rural
Peabody; 11 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; 15
great-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchidren.
Mildred is preceded in death by her
parents; husband; stepmother, Betty Regier; brother, Milton Regier;
and grandson, Brent Buller.
Graveside services and interment will
be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday (May 14, 2019) at the Walton Cemetery in
Walton. Memorial services will follow at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the
Grace Hill Mennonite Church of rural Whitewater. The casket will be
open after 1 p.m. on Monday (May 13, 2019) at Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends between 6 and 8
p.m.
A memorial has been established with
the Grace Hill Mennonite Church and the Peabody Township Library.
Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E.
Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left online at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
