Mrs. (Grover) Kate Buffington

© Westville Reporter
August 24, 1962
Submitted by: Wanda Elliott

Funeral service for Mrs. (Grover) Kate BUFFINGTON, 76, was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Roberts Funeral Chapel; with Dr. Clayton WALTERS and Rev. Bud LACIE officiating. Members of the LACIE family accompanied by Mrs. Hazel LADD sang, "Beyond the Sunset" and "Mansion Over the Hilltop."

Mrs. BUFFINGTON was born on August 31, 1885 in the Indian Territory near Evansville, Ark., the daughter of Buford and Lauvina LEWIS ALBERTY, and died Sunday night, enroute from the Bennett Nursing Home to Siloam Springs hospital.

In 1894 she and her parents moved to the Alberty farm, 2 1/2 miles southeast of Westville, (then Indian Territory). Mrs. BUFFINGTON attended the Indian Female Seminary at Tahlequah and taught school for four years.

She and Grover BUFFINGTON were married in 1909 and established their home on his Indian Allotment east of Westville.

They were the parents of three children; two sons and a daughter, one son, Roger preceded her in death in 1910. Mr. BUFFINGTON died January 20, 1959. Mrs. BUFFINGTON was a member of the Methodist church. Interment was in the Westville Cemetery under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Luther SIMMONS, L.H. JONES, Jr., Neil AKIN, Marvin CAGLE, Oscar SMITH, J.D. HUDGINS. Flower bearers were Mrs. Roy TENNANT, Mrs. Carl HILL, Mrs. Clayton HOLLAND, Mrs. Charles FREEMAN, Mrs. Maxine RITTER, and Mrs. Ethel NEAL.

Survivors include a son, Glenn BUFFINGTON of Hayward, Calif., and a daughter, Francis BUFFINGTON of Stilwell; two sisters, Mrs. Anna PARKER and Mrs. Norma ALBERTY of Westville; two brothers, John A. ALBERTY, Muskogee and Charles L. ADAIR, of Grove.