Obituary

Bufe, Wilford

ABERNATHY -- Services for Wilford Bufe, 92, of Hale Center, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in the Abernathy Church of Christ with David Bennett and Randall Carr officiating. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, Texas. The Bufe family will gather at Abell Funeral Home to receive friends from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29.

Mr. Bufe died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Lubbock, Texas.

He was born Nov. 14, 1924, in Lubbock to Gus and Lois (Wright) Bufe. His mother, Lois, died when Wilford was 19 years old. He graduated New Deal High School in 1942 and married Faye Jennings on Feb. 5, 1944, in New Deal. He farmed in Hale County, he moved to the Hale Center Community in 1956. He turned his farming over to son, Harold, in 1991, and together they farmed another six years. Wilford continued doing farm work until retiring in 2009. He was a member of the Church of Christ.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Lois Bufe, stepmother, Beatrice Bufe in 1991, granddaughter, Lori Bufe, Aug. 30, 2009, and his wife of 65 years, Faye, Oct. 9, 2009.

He is survived by two sons, Howard Bufe of Celina, Texas, Harold Bufe and wife Linda of Abernathy; two grandchildren, Cheri Liess and husband Jake of Abernathy, Ryan Bufe and wife Ashley of Sundown, Texas; and six great-grandchildren, Taelor and Addison Liess, Brock, Ryder, Camden and Beau Bufe.

The family suggests memorials be sent to the American Cancer Association or to Hands of Compassion Ministry, 840 W. Center St., Rochester, MN 55902.