Obit of Buell, Bernice (Baner) "Bee" - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri    16 Oct 2005
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Surnames: BUELL, BANER, STEPHENS, BAREFORD, BRAY
from 2-9-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Bernice Buell

Mrs. Bernice (Baner) "Bee" Buell, 96, mother of Barry O. Buell and widow 
of the late Albert Eldred Buell, died at 6:45 a.m. on Friday at her family 
residence in Bartlesville.

Funeral services for Mrs. Buell will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday in 

the St. Luke's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Dr. T. Lee Stephens will be the 
officiant. Committal prayers and interment will be directed in the 
Memorial Park Cemetery by The Arnold Moore Funeral Service.

A memorial in remembrance of Mrs. Buell has been established with the St. 
Luke's Episcopal Church. Friends who care to remember her in this way, may 
forward their gifts to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, in care of Mrs. Ann 
Bell, 210 SE Ninth Street, Bartlesville, Okla. 74003.

Mrs. Buell will lie in state in the Drawing Rooms of The Arnold Moore 
Funeral Residence where friends may call for their visitation until she is 
removed to the church for services and final rites on Tuesday afternoon.

A native of Denver, Colorado, Bernice Baner was born on June 19, 1906. She 
was the daughter of the late Jesse and Jane Edna (Bareford) Baner. She was 
reared and received her education in Denver, Colorado and attended 
Colorado College as a special student in music. She and Albert Eldred 
Buell were married on May 24, 1926. In 1928, Mr. and Mrs. Buell came to 
Bartlesville when Mr. Buell began his longtime career with the Phillips 
Petroleum Company. Mrs. Buell taught piano in Bartlesville. During World 
War II, Mrs. Buell was a nurses aide at the Washington County Memorial 
Hospital. She continued her activities being associated with the Jane 
Phillips Auxiliary. An ardent photographer, Mrs. Buell was active in 
taking promotional community photographs and educational as well as 
training photographs. She was recognized in 1981 by the Allied Arts and 
Humanities Council for her 5000 plus hours of service work in photography 
such as for the hospital, the Red Cross and Blood Drive. She participated 
with the Photographic Society of America and was awarded the APSA award in 
1977. She continued her interest in photography and judged portfolios for 
the Photographic Society of America. More recently, she participated in 
computer aided digital photography.

Mr. Buell preceded her in death on November 4, 1983 and since that time, 
Mrs. Buell has continued living in Bartlesville. She was a member of the 
St. Luke's Episcopal Church and the Photographic Society of America.

She is survived by her son, Barry Owen Buell and his wife Joy of 
Bartlesville and one sister, Mrs. Martha Bray, Portland, Oregon. She was 
preceded in death by her father and mother.
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