Alfalfa County, OK - Obituary - Jakob P. Buller - B460


Submitted by Debra Osborne Spindle 
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Alfalfa Co: Goltry 

July 1916 

Submitter's Note: Unfortunately, I do not know the name of 
the newspaper in which the following obituary was published. I 
suspect it was a Mennonite publication, published in German. 

Jacob Peter Buller died 25 July 1916 at his home near Goltry in 
Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. He is buried in Karoma Cemetery at 
Goltry. Obituary by Jakob SCHULTZ, translated from German 

BULLER 
On the 21st of Juli in the evening near Goltry, Oklahoma, Br. 
Jakob P. BULLER died at the age of 56 years 10 months and 3 days. 
The deceased was born on the 18th of September 1859 in the village 
of Antonefka, Poland. There he spent his youth and was baptised. 
In 1874 he came with his family and others to Amerika where his 
parents settled near Canton, Kansas. 

Here Br. BULLER married Elisabeth JANZ. From this marriage came 
11 children of whom one died in infancy. 

In 1894 Br. BULLER settled in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma where he and 
his brave wife learned to know hard work, poverty, and deprivation. 
But the Lord blessed their industry and thrift so that the family 
achieved prosperity. 

On February 25, 1912 Sister BULLER died. About one and a half years 
later Br. BULLER found in widow Hel. (Helena?) SCHMIDT of Marion 
County, Kansas, a second life companion. For a number of years Br. 
BULLER had withdrawn himself from the congregation and congregational 
activities which he later regretted. 

In October of 1913 he and his second wife joined the Zoar Congregation 
at Goltry and built on one his farms a large, modern, well appointed 
house. Soon after moving into it he became ill. For about a year he 
was mostly confined to bed. All doctors and medications which he tried 
could not help him. The Lord had chosen him for the crucible of 
suffering. 

On July 22 in the evening he passed away quietly. He was buried on 
the 25th. After a short service in the home led by H. R. VOTH. The 
church service was held in the church of the Zoar congregation On 
the way to the church, the procession stopped at the house of the 
deceased's brother, H. P. BULLER who is also very ill, in order to 
give him the opportunity of leave taking. "You have gone on before 
me, I will follow you soon," said the critically ill brother to 
the deceased. 

In the church Br. H. R. VOTH preached in German and Br. J. B. EPP 
of Meno in English. At the cemetery Br. J. J. RATZLAFF of Meno led 
in prayer. Our Elder H. R. VOTH had visited him often in his suffering 
and worked with him a great deal, and we believe with our Elder that 
this man has been pulled like a faggot from the fire.

Submitted by Debra Osborne Spindle dspindle@telepath.com