One of the early posts had to do with the 2014 Buller reunion (here). This year’s reunion is just six days away, on 27 June. I understand that there will be family from California and Wyoming, along with a nice representation from Nebraska. For further information, see here or contact Steve directly.
This is a blog for the entire Buller family, but I hope you will indulge me for a moment and allow me to send love to those who made me a proud father and an indulgent grandfather: Brooke, Taylor, and Payten. The photo below was taken in Estes Park, Colorado, the day after Christmas 2014.
Without our fathers, both Bullers and those with other last names, there would be no Buller family and certainly no Buller Time blog. I wish I had photographs of all the fathers in our family, but I do not, so I hope it will be adequate to post a few representative photographs of the fathers we honor today and every time we remember who we are.
We begin with Grandpa and his boys (left to right: Wayne, Carl, Daniel), in a photograph taken in 1940. For further details regarding the location and circumstances, see here.
Before Grandpa, of course, was his own father: Peter P. Below we see Grandpa and Grandma (and Matilda) on the right of the photograph, with Peter P and Margaretha two places to the left.
Unfortunately, we have not yet uncovered a photograph of Peter P’s father (Peter D) or grandfather (David), but maybe someday some Buller will find those treasures in a long-forgotten album or a box of neglected pictures. Until then, we end with a non-Buller father who played a vital role in bringing our family from Kleefeld, Molotschna colony, to Lushton, Nebraska: Johann Siebert—also known as Peter D’s father-in-law. For the full story of his fatherly service, see here.
To all our fathers past and present, thank you for making our family what it is. To my own dad, well, this blog’s for you.
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