1917
Ellsworth
2007
Ellsworth Buller
August 21, 1917 — August 11, 2007
Ellsworth Buller, age 89, of East Moline, died Saturday, August 11, 2007 at Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd. 6601-38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation is from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial is in Rose-Lawn Memorial Estate, Moline.
Born August 21, 1917 to Harvey & Arabelle Buller in Moline, IL. He married Marjorie I. Anthony of Muscatine, IA March 15, 1942 in Canton, MO.
He worked for several manufacturers in the Quad-Cities and in Mansfield, Ohio and Chicago, IL. doing industrial engineering and accounting and management. He was executive V.P. and General Manager for Buddy L. Toys for a number of years, combining that operation and a barbeque grill plant, which he purchased for the company, to a new plant in Neosho, MO.
In 1971 he & his wife purchased a mobile home park in Princeton, IL., at which time he semi-retired. The park was sold in 1984 & he retired, moving back to the Quad-Cities. He held a pilots license he acquired in 1941. He enjoyed flying, camping with his family, hunting and playing golf.
Surviving him are his two daughters & sons-in-law Pamela (Buller) & Frank Wolfgang of Wells, Maine, Linda (Buller) & Ronald Roman of Davenport, IA. and a son, Steven Buller & his wife Anne Walsh of New Canaan, CT; eight grandchildren, & 13 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, seven brothers & three sisters.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd. 6601-38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation is from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial is in Rose-Lawn Memorial Estate, Moline.
Born August 21, 1917 to Harvey & Arabelle Buller in Moline, IL. He married Marjorie I. Anthony of Muscatine, IA March 15, 1942 in Canton, MO.
He worked for several manufacturers in the Quad-Cities and in Mansfield, Ohio and Chicago, IL. doing industrial engineering and accounting and management. He was executive V.P. and General Manager for Buddy L. Toys for a number of years, combining that operation and a barbeque grill plant, which he purchased for the company, to a new plant in Neosho, MO.
In 1971 he & his wife purchased a mobile home park in Princeton, IL., at which time he semi-retired. The park was sold in 1984 & he retired, moving back to the Quad-Cities. He held a pilots license he acquired in 1941. He enjoyed flying, camping with his family, hunting and playing golf.
Surviving him are his two daughters & sons-in-law Pamela (Buller) & Frank Wolfgang of Wells, Maine, Linda (Buller) & Ronald Roman of Davenport, IA. and a son, Steven Buller & his wife Anne Walsh of New Canaan, CT; eight grandchildren, & 13 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, seven brothers & three sisters.
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