Name: Merle A. Buddemeier, age 72, of Longview, , former president of the Douglas County Farm Bureau and Mayor of Longview

When: 27 Oct 1979

Where: Burnham Hospital, Champaign, IL

Funeral services: 2 p.m., 29 Oct 1979 , at the Joines Funeral Home, Villa Grove, with the Rev. Charles Llewellyn officiating.

Burial: Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, IL

Born: 16 Dec 1906, in Sidney, a son of Samuel and Jackobina Dahl Buddemeier.

Married: 1929 at Monticello to Thelma Race

Survivors: his wife, a son, Maurice of Naperville; four grand children; a brother, Wilber of Champaign; and a sister, Louise Ray of Urbana. He was preceded in death by a brother.

Submitted by: Everett C. Block; Contact: Dorothy Schendel, wondrful@cctrap.co