Buffington, Orville, 1901-1968

BUFFINGTON, VANBEEK

Posted By: Lydia Lucas-Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/21/2011 at 19:29:34

Funeral Held Monday for Orville Buffington, 67

Funeral services were held at Central Reformed church here at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 13, for Orville Buffington, 67, of 19 7th Street Northeast, Sioux Center, who died May 10.

Services were conducted by the Rev. Albert Ten Clay and burial was made in the Sioux Center Community cemetery under the direction of Vander Ploeg's Funeral Home.

Mr. Buffington was born in Sioux Center January 18, 1901. He was married to Jean Van Beek June 21, 1934.

Survivors include his widow; five sons, William of Rock Valley, Ray and Warney, both of Sheldon, Robert of Onawa, and Burdette of Hawarden; and two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Hand of Omaha and Mrs. Mabel Hamann of Rock Valley.

Source: Sioux Center News, May 16, 1968.

His parents were Sam and Jennie Buffington (1925 Iowa Census).

Other connections, from a news note in the Rock Valley Bee, May 16, 1968:
Mrs. Andrew Van Beek of Wilmington, Del. arrived Sunday to attend the funeral of Orville Buffington. On Tuesday, Mrs. Van Beek, Mrs. Buffington, Mrs. G. G. Vermeer and Mrs. Harold Wesselink visited Art Van Beek at his home at Sioux Center.