1925
Clifford
2007
Clifford Buhler
May 12, 1925 — May 1, 2007
Funeral services for Cliff Buhler will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2007, at the American Lutheran Church in Milbank. Pastor Craig Werling will officiate. Carol Ydstie will be the organist and Bruce Buhler will be the soloist. A trio composed of Ruth Modin, Shirley Thorson, and Howard LaMee will also provide special music. Pallbearers will be Jim Buhler, Justin Buhler, Tyler Buhler, Bruce Buhler, Kent Anderson, and Joel Anderson. Family members are asked to meet in the church chapel by 10:00 a.m. Saturday to attend services.
Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Friday from 5-7 p.m. and in the church Saturday one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Prairie Mound Cemetery, Butler, South Dakota with military graveside rites presented by the Day County VFW Post #3539 of Bristol, South Dakota.
Clifford G. Buhler was born on May 12, 1925, in rural Butler, South Dakota, the son of Edward and Cora (Espeland) Buhler. He grew up on the family farm and attended school in Butler, graduating from the Butler High School in 1943.
He served his country during World War II in the U. S. Army from May 26, 1944 until his honorable discharge on May 5, 1946. Cliff was a member of the 10th Mountain Division that fought in the North Appennines and Po Valley campaigns in Italy. He received the Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, American Theater Ribbon, European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with two bronze battle stars, and one Overseas Service Bar.
On June 17, 1951, he was united in marriage to Lois Hanson in the Lily Lutheran Church, Lily, South Dakota. They resided in rural Butler from 1951-1974, during which time he was engaged in farming and later as a rural mail carrier in the Butler area.
In 1974 the couple moved to Milbank. He was a rural mail carrier in the Ortonville, Minnesota area. He retired from the U. S. Postal Service in 1989 after 30 years of service.
While in the Butler area, Clifford was a member of the Bristol School Board, and was active in church and other public affairs. He was a member of Day County VFW Post #3539, Bristol, South Dakota. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, horseback riding, and woodworking.
Survivors include his wife, Lois; three sons, Dennis and wife Kathy, Webster; Ronald, Milbank; and Arden, Watertown; one daughter, Jan Marlette and her husband Bill, Sioux Falls; four grandchildren: Tim, Stacy, and Daniel Marlette, and Lori (Buhler) Monnens; one great granddaughter, Taylor Lynn Monnens; two sisters, Lorraine Anderson, Butler, South Dakota, and Fern Loken, Minneapolis, Minnesota; numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Lyle.
Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Friday from 5-7 p.m. and in the church Saturday one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Prairie Mound Cemetery, Butler, South Dakota with military graveside rites presented by the Day County VFW Post #3539 of Bristol, South Dakota.
Clifford G. Buhler was born on May 12, 1925, in rural Butler, South Dakota, the son of Edward and Cora (Espeland) Buhler. He grew up on the family farm and attended school in Butler, graduating from the Butler High School in 1943.
He served his country during World War II in the U. S. Army from May 26, 1944 until his honorable discharge on May 5, 1946. Cliff was a member of the 10th Mountain Division that fought in the North Appennines and Po Valley campaigns in Italy. He received the Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, American Theater Ribbon, European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with two bronze battle stars, and one Overseas Service Bar.
On June 17, 1951, he was united in marriage to Lois Hanson in the Lily Lutheran Church, Lily, South Dakota. They resided in rural Butler from 1951-1974, during which time he was engaged in farming and later as a rural mail carrier in the Butler area.
In 1974 the couple moved to Milbank. He was a rural mail carrier in the Ortonville, Minnesota area. He retired from the U. S. Postal Service in 1989 after 30 years of service.
While in the Butler area, Clifford was a member of the Bristol School Board, and was active in church and other public affairs. He was a member of Day County VFW Post #3539, Bristol, South Dakota. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, horseback riding, and woodworking.
Survivors include his wife, Lois; three sons, Dennis and wife Kathy, Webster; Ronald, Milbank; and Arden, Watertown; one daughter, Jan Marlette and her husband Bill, Sioux Falls; four grandchildren: Tim, Stacy, and Daniel Marlette, and Lori (Buhler) Monnens; one great granddaughter, Taylor Lynn Monnens; two sisters, Lorraine Anderson, Butler, South Dakota, and Fern Loken, Minneapolis, Minnesota; numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Lyle.