A viewing will be held Friday, Feb. 10, from 1 to 1:45 p.m. at Delta Presbyterian Church. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. with Reverend Alisa Secrest officiating. Burial will follow at Mesa View Cemetery. A gathering for friends and family will follow in Westminster Hall of the Delta Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Buhlke was born June 22, 1939, in Milwaukee, Wis., to Norman and Ida (Werner) Cale. Her mother passed away when she was young and she was raised by her father and stepmother, Lillie Cale. She spent her childhood in West Allis, Wis., and attended St. Rita's grade school and Pius XI High School. She attended Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing in Milwaukee.

She married Larry Buhlke on Sept. 10, 1966, in Aurora. They lived in Denver before moving to Delta in 1978.

Mrs. Buhlke was a registered nurse at Delta County Memorial Hospital and was named employee of the month in November 1985. In 1990 she and Larry moved to Phoenix, Ariz. She became a traveling nurse in 1992 and worked various nursing assignments in Connecticut, Florida, Arkansas and Wisconsin. She and her husband lived in a motor home for nine years. One of her favorite assignments was in Yuma, Ariz. Her last assignment was in Oahu, Hawaii. She lived and worked in Waikiki for four months. She returned home to Delta in 2001 and continued doing home health for Rocky Mountain Nurses Association in Delta. She retired after spine surgery in 2009 and moved to Crossroads Assisted Living in 2010.

Mrs. Buhlke was a member of Delta Presbyterian Church where she once served as a deacon. She was a member of the PEO Sisterhood until 2009. She volunteered at her church and Crossroads prior to surgery. She delivered Meals on Wheels and took blood pressures at Columbine Senior Center and prepared income tax returns for seniors and well as other community service projects. She enjoyed bingo, playing cards, painting, arts and crafts, exercise for seniors and watching movies. She attended church activities, Bible study, concerts, plays and breakfast club. She was the president of the Residents Council at Crossroads.

She is survived by two daughters, Nancy Ayle and her husband Lincoln, and Connie Buhlke of Aurora; three granddaughters, Nicole Fischer, Amber Ayle and Autumn Ayle, all of Aurora; a brother and his wife, Wayne and Geri Zabler of Louisville, Ky.; a sister, Barbara Kopfmann of Germantown, Wis.; and a sister-in-law, Mary Buhlke of Juniata, Neb.

Mrs. Buhlke was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Buhlke, in March 2000; and a sister, Michele Cale.

Memorial contributions may be made to Delta Presbyterian Church, Columbine Senior Center, or to the family to cover final expenses, c/o Connie Buhlke, 21854 E. Lake Place, Aurora, CO 80015.

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Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory is handling the arrangements.