STERLING – James Robert Buel, 83, died June 14, 1993, at Lyons District Hospital. He was born Feb 10, 1910, at Saxman, the son of James R and Nellie Holderread Buel.  He was a lifetime Sterling resident. He married Ellen Barbara Schmitz July 3, 1936, at Hutchinson.  She died, July 31, 1990.  He was a  retired tank wagon salesman for Sterling Co-op.
Buel was a member of the United Methodist Church in Sterling.
Survivors include one son, Robert and wife Victoria of Manhattan; two daughters, Judy Engelland and husband John, Sara Lee (Sally) Haggerty and husband Jim, Sterling; one brother, Dwight of Sterling; one sister Dorothy Neal of Sterling. James has nine grandchildren: Shawn, Mark and Brent Engelland; Theresa, Scott and Eric Haggerty; Matthew, Katherine and Cynthia Buel. He has four great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church with the Rev. James Graves officiating.  Burial will be at Sterling Community Cemetery.  Friends may call until 7 tonight at Porter and Sillin Funeral Home in Sterling.  Memorials are suggested to the church, in care of the funeral home.

Edited Great Bend Tribune – Jun 15, 1993