Name: Buckman, Ralph D
Burial Date: 2014, 10/21
Age at Death: 73
Plot Location: 1113 G Crems
Notes: husband of Faira Lee (Pflughoft)
DATELINE: Sterling, Kansas
NAME: Ralph D. Buckman
AGE: 73 yrs
DATE OF DEATH: October 17, 2014
PLACE OF DEATH: Presbyterian Manor, Sterling
DATE OF BIRTH: October 10, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH: Nickerson
PARENTS: Randall H. and Ruby Moore Buckman
RESIDENCE: longtime Sterling resident formerly 31 yrs Hutchinson
OCCUPATION: retired Meat Cutter for Dillon’s
EDUCATION: graduated Sterling High School in 1960
VETERAN: U. S. Army serving during Vietnam War
MEMBERSHIPS: attended United Methodist Church, Sterling; American Legion where he served in the Honor Guard at Sterling
DATE OF MARRIAGE: June 15, 1963
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Sterling
SPOUSE: Faira Pflughoft
SURVIVORS: Wife, Faira, of the home; Son, Allan & Amy Buckman, Lyons; Daughter, Sally & Kurt Goertzen, Hutchinson; Brother, Robert Buckman, Macksville;
Sister, Barbara Smith, Houston, Texas; 6 Grandchildren, Kelly, Jacob, Ashley, Kelsey, Kolton and Cody
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents; 2 Brothers, Randall Buckman, William Buckman; Sister, Betty Surginer
FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:30A.M., Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at United Methodist Church, Sterling
OFFICIATING: Rev. Marvin Ewertt
BURIAL: Sterling Community Cemetery, with Military Honors by Ft. Riley and Sterling American Legion Honor Guards
MEMORIALS: United Methodist Church, Rice Reno County Hospice or Donor’s choice in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling