Mrs. Edna B. Buntjer, 46, of Polo Route 2, died at 3 a.m. today following an illness of five months.  She was born on a farm near Pearl City on  Aug 15, 1906, a daughter of Martin and Anna (Gast) Peterson. She was married to Walter Buntjer at Pearl City on July 23, 1931.  Mrs. Buntjer had been a member of the Ogle County Home Bureau.

Surviving are her husband; her parents who live near Pearl City; a son, Charles, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Yvonne Burt, Rockford; a brother, John Peterson, Pearl City; and three sisters, Mrs. Louis Blum, Freeport, Mrs. James Engal, St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. William Garrett, Mexico, Mo.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Brookville Evangelical Church with the C. J. Krell, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the Melvin Funeral Home until noon on Sunday.

Burial: 29 Nov 1953, Fairmount Cemetery; Polo, Ogle, Illinois, USA

Source: The Journal-Standard; Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois / Friday, 27 Nov 1953

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