Obituary for his father, from David R. Buhl

I’m not sure if anyone down there will remember him, but I thought I’d send his obituary along anyway. My father, George S. Buhl, born in Philadelphia in 1916 went home to be with Our Lord on January 25th, 2011. He was the son of Lottie H. Buhl, who was a longtime member of Tenth Church. She died in 1977. He accepted Christ around the time he was 12 or 14 under the ministry of Donald Grey Barnhouse.
In 1939 he married Grace Bowers, whom he had met through Christian Endeavor activities. Dr. Barnhouse officiated at their wedding. He was a member of Tenth and sat under the teaching of Dr. Barnhouse. My brother Richard and I were both born in Philadelphia. Both Mother and Dad graduated from Philadelphia School of the Bible. To make a long story short, Dad left a good job in the business world at Philadelphia Electric in 1947 and accepted a call to the First Congregational Church in the small upstate village of Port Leyden, New York. He served there for 8½ years then he was called to a church in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1958 he accepted a call to the Mayflower Congregational Church in Kingston, Massachusetts where he served Our Lord and his parish for twenty six years. The reason I tell you all this is because his “roots” were at Tenth. On the rare occasions I get to Philadelphia, I do try to get in to attend a service at Tenth Pres. I pray that God will continue to bless the ministry there at Tenth Pres.

Obituary: Reverend George S. Buhl, former Pastor and Pastor Emeritus of Mayflower Congregational Church

A memorial service will be held February 26 to honor the life of Reverend George S. Buhl, who passed away January 25 after a period of declining health. Reverend Buhl, who was 94, was a longtime resident of Kingston.

Reverend Buhl was born in 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of the late George S. Buhl Sr. and Lottie Wentz Herr. His credits include working twelve hours a day seven days a week with every fifteenth or sixteenth day off during the Second World War. He worked for Bendix Avation, a company that made aircraft instruments for the war effort. After the war, he worked for Philadelphia Electric Company.

In 1947 he entered the ministry after completion of his studies at Philadelphia Bible Institute. His first assignment was serving as Pastor of a church in Port Leyden, NY. After eight and one half years there, he accepted a call to a church in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1958, he was asked to serve the Mayflower Congregational Church in Kingston, Massachusetts as its Pastor where he served until his retirement in October 1984.

Retirement did not end Reverend Buhl’s association with his church family, however. He served on the credentials committee of the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, the denomination to which our Mayflower Church belongs. He was active in the conference, having served as its president while he pastored Mayflower Church.

He was predeceased by two wives, Grace, whom he married in 1939 (she passed away in 1996), and then Barbara Gregory ("Barbie") whom he married in 1998.

He is survived by two sons, David Buhl and his wife Bonnie of Kingston and Richard Buhl and his wife Rosanna of Duxbury. He is also survived by two grandchildren, George W. Buhl of Kingston and Dorothy Turner of East Bridgewater. In addition, he is survived by a great granddaughter, Lily Grace Turner of East Bridgewater. He also leaves numerous nieces and nephews in the Philadelphia area.

His sons, David and Richard and their families, said, “Although we have great sorrow, we have hope. His faith in the Lord means that we know where he is now and know that he is free of the pains and ravages of age.”

There will be a memorial service, at the Mayflower Congregational Church, 207 Main Street, Kingston, on Saturday Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. Donations in his memory can be made to the memorial fund of the Mayflower Congregational Church or to Songtime, USA, 710 Main Street/Rt. 6a, Yarmouthport, Mass., 02675