Obit: Buker, Ervin (1917-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Buker, Stacy, Jacks, Poppe

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald 26 February 1983)

Buker, Ervin E. (14 December 1917 - 25 February 1983)

GREENWOOD -- Ervin E. Buker, 65, of Route 1, Willard, died Friday afternoon at Neillsville Memorial Hospital.

Services will be Monday at Immanuel United Church of Christ, the Rev.Alwyn York officiating, and burial will be in Stacy Estate Cemetery, Greenwood. Visitations will be at the Rinka Funeral Home.

Mr. Buker was born December 14, 1917 in the Town of Warner. He received his education at Benjamin School, Town of Warner.

He and Tillie Stacy were married May 15, 1949 in Decorah, Iowa. He worked for the REA program until 1953, then became self-employed in the pulp business.

Surviving are his wife; a son, Kenneth of Wisconsin Rapids; a brother, Walter of Owen; a sister, Mrs. Elsie Jacks, Portland, Oregon; and two grandchildren.

He was predeceased by a sister, a brother and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George (Louise Poppe) Buker.