HOUSTON, Texas --- Nevin Harold Buntley, 78 of 9345 Waterville, Houston, Texas, died Wednesday, January 8, 1992 in Houston.
Cremation rites were accorded. Burial will be at Bethel Cemetery, Milledgeville, Illinois at a later date.
A memorial has been established to the First United Methodist Church, Sterling, Illinois and the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society.
Mr. Buntley was born Thursday, December 10, 1914, in Millegeville, the son of Ernest LeRoy and Blanche (Shriner) Buntley. He attended Milledgeville schools, graduating from Milledgeville High School in 1932. He married Elsie Kathyrn Longfellow June 29, 1940. He served with the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II, being discharged in 1945. Following his discharge, he worked for RB &W in Rock Falls. He and his wife moved to Houston, Texas, when he retired in 1977. He was a member of the Rock Falls Chapter #706 Order of the Eastern Star; a life member of the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society; and a member of the Sterling First United Methodist Church until he moved to Houston, where he was a member of Terrace United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife of Houston, Texas; two sons, Norville, Houston Texas, and Daryl (Sandy), Bolingbrook, Illinois; and two grandsons.
He was preceded in death by one sister, and one daughter in infancy.
HOUSTON, Texas --- Nevin Harold Buntley, 78 of 9345 Waterville, Houston, Texas, died Wednesday, January 8, 1992 in Houston.
Cremation rites were accorded. Burial will be at Bethel Cemetery, Milledgeville, Illinois at a later date.
A memorial has been established to the First United Methodist Church, Sterling, Illinois and the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society.
Mr. Buntley was born Thursday, December 10, 1914, in Millegeville, the son of Ernest LeRoy and Blanche (Shriner) Buntley. He attended Milledgeville schools, graduating from Milledgeville High School in 1932. He married Elsie Kathyrn Longfellow June 29, 1940. He served with the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II, being discharged in 1945. Following his discharge, he worked for RB &W in Rock Falls. He and his wife moved to Houston, Texas, when he retired in 1977. He was a member of the Rock Falls Chapter #706 Order of the Eastern Star; a life member of the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society; and a member of the Sterling First United Methodist Church until he moved to Houston, where he was a member of Terrace United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife of Houston, Texas; two sons, Norville, Houston Texas, and Daryl (Sandy), Bolingbrook, Illinois; and two grandsons.
He was preceded in death by one sister, and one daughter in infancy.
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