Obit: Buker, Ella (1873 - 1956)

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Surnames: BUKER CHRISTIE NEFF HEMP

----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 02/ /1956

Buker, Ella (1873 - 1956)

NEILLSVILLE--Funeral services for Mrs. Ella (Hemp) Buker, 82, of 116 W. Sixth St., who died early Friday at the Neillsville Nursing home, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church here. The Rev. Albert Guthmiller and Rev. Charles Koch, Greenwood, will officiate and burial will be made in the Neillsville cemetery.

The body will repose at the Georgas Funeral home here until one hour before the time of services.

The former Ella Christie was born Sept. 1, 1873, at Greenwood and was education in the Eaton Center area, where the family farm was located. She was married at Neillsville on Oct. 14, 1889 to Adolph Hemp. The couple moved to Neillsville, where Mr. Hemp operated the Trogner Mill. They also operated a farm on N. Grand Ave. until 1907.

After the death of Mr. Hemp in 1919, she resided at Greenwood, where she married Edward Buker on March 14, 1922. Together they operated a hotel there for several years. After the death of her second husband on Feb. 23, 1954 she resided at Greenwood until Aug. 1955, when she moved to Neillsville. She had been a patient at the Nursing Home since Dec. 19.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Elvira) Neff Sr., Neillsville one brother, Joe Christie, Chetek two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Two sisters preceded her in death.
Mrs. Buker was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Neillsville.