Elizabeth Reina Buntjer - Daughter of John J. Buntjer and Rena Buss

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Elizabeth Reina Buntjer Born:   Ogle County, Illinois on August 29, 1904 Deceased:   Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois on April 16, 1980
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Elizabeth Buntjer, was born on August 29, 1904 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.

Married to Anthony 'Tony' Agiou on September 28, 1923, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois who was born on April 10, 1894 in Athens Greece. 

Elizabeth Buntjer was buried on April 26, 1980, at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, USA. 

There were no Children.  

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Anthony 'Tony' Agiou Born:   Athens, Greece on May 10, 1894

Deceased:  Lena, Stephenson County, Illinois on March 25, 1974

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Obituary:  Anthony 'Tony' Agiou 109 South Galena Avenue, who owned the Freeport Motor Inn and the Eugene Hotel in Monroe, Wisconsin, died this morning in Lena Continental Manor Nursing Home.  He was a member of the Holy Cross Creek Orthodox Church and the American Legion and served in the First World War.  

He was born on May 10, 1984 in Greece.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Agiou.  On September 28, 1923, he married Elizabeth Reina Buntjer in Rockford, Illinois.  Surviving is his widow.

Funeral service will be at 1:30 PM Wednesday in the Holy Cross Church.  The Reverend Theoharis Theoharis, pastor of the St. Constantine Greek Orthodox Church of Rockford, will officiate.  Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery.  Friends may call after four PM Tuesday at the Walker Mortuary, where a prayer service will be held at seven PM.  A memorial fund has been established for St. Constantine Church, Rockford Illinois.

(Submitted by Yvonne C. Burt)

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Notes on Elizabeth & Anthony Agiou's life: 

Anthony 'Tony' Agiou was born on April 10, 1894 in Athens Greece. 

Elizabeth Buntjer, was born on August 29, 1904 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.

They were married on September 28, 1923 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. 

In 1940 Tony and Liz lived in Fox Valley, Geneva Illinois, and owned a restaurant.

They then moved to Stoughton, Wisconsin and owned a hotel there.  

Another move to Monroe, Wisconsin and another hotel was in the works!

At one time they owned a nice house in St. Charles for eight months but was lost in a card game.  Tony loved to gamble and won and lost fortunes on a regular basis!  This also happened to a house they owned for a while in Freeport Illinois!

Finally they lived in Freeport where they bought the Licondo Hotel and leased the Freeport Hotel on the opposite corner.

They lived in the Primavera Apartments, which they owned, a beautiful building with fabulous suites of rooms.  They were living there when they threw a big party for their 25th wedding anniversary around 1948.  I remember that party very clearly as I, (Chuck Buntjer), and my cousins, stayed in the kitchen and drank the champagne that was left in the bottom of the bottles!  We all were slightly high and only around eight years old or so!  

John J. Buntjer and Rena (Buss) Buntjer (Elizabeth's parents), had their 60th wedding anniversary at the Freeport Hotel.

Tony and Liz were still living there in 1962 when her father, John J. Buntjer, Senior, passed away.

They then moved into a room with a kitchenette in the Licondo Hotel.  The Licondo eventually was run down and was demolished.  

After an extended illness Elizabeth passed away in 1980 and the lot where the Licondo Hotel had been located was sold along with the Monroe Hotel to pay hospital expenses.  

There were no Children. 

Anthony 'Tony' Agiou was passed away on March 25, 1974 and was buried at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, USA.  

Elizabeth Buntjer was buried on April 26, 1980, at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, USA.

(Submitted by Yvonne C. Burt)

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Published by Charles W. Buntjer ~ San Francisco ~ 2004

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