Obituaries

Buford Stewart, 94, Former Deacon at First Baptist Church of Levittown

Relatives and friends are invited to call on Saturday at the Lamb Funeral Home in Huntingdon Valley.

Buford Stewart died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, at Grandview Hospital in Sellersville, Pa. He was 94.

Born in Cullman Ala., he was the son of the late Travis and Rose Stewart. Buford was a Sellersville resident for the past 8 years; he had previously lived in Tuckerton, N.J. and Levittown, Pa.

Mr. Stewart was a retired boilermaker and was a member of International Brotherhood of Boilermaker's Local 13 in Levittown.

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Buford was an Army veteran of World War II serving in New Guinea. He was a member of American Legion Post 0960 in Levittown. He was a former member and deacon of the First Baptist Church of Levittown.

Buford was the beloved husband of Moselle Pentecost Stewart for 51 years before her death in 2001. He was the devoted father of Joyce K. Quinn of Sellersville and step father of Richard Bullington and wife, Joan of Homosassa, Fla. 

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He was the loving grandfather of Kimberly Kohler and husband, Edward, Gwyn Langborgh and husband, Peter, Donna and James Bullington; great grandfather of Nicholas and Justin Kohler, James Bullington, Lauren and Megan Taylor, Sara and Michele Langborgh, and the late Shana Bullington; great - great grandfather of Cameron, Avery Taylor and Lilly Bullington. 

He was the brother of Elizabeth and Polly, the late Roscoe, Verlo, and Ruby.

Relatives and friends are invited to call on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Lamb Funeral Home, 101 Byberry Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006. His service will follow at 10:30 a.m. The interment will be held privately in Forest Hills Cemetery.


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