Denise Buhrman, 85, former Ridgefielder, was widow of Park Hanneman

Denise Buhrman of Springfield, Mo., a former Ridgefielder who followed her husband back to his boyhood home, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, in St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield. She was 85 years old and the widow of Albert Buhrman.
Denise Hanneman and Albert Buhrman, who had recently lost spouses, lived a few doors apart on Main Street when they were married in 1958. Mr. Buhrman was organist for the CBS network, and he played the music on many radio shows and soap operas, and on early television programs.
In 1963, the Buhrmans moved to a house they built on a bluff overlooking the White River at Point Lookout, Mo. The house is on the campus of The College of the Ozarks, a school built on what had once been Mr. Buhrman’s uncle’s farm and where Mr. Buhrman became an artist in residence. Mrs. Buhrman joined the staff of the college, handling public relations.
Mr. Buhrman, who had grown up in Springfield, died in 1999.
A native of Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England, Mrs. Buhrman was born on Dec. 4, 1914, the daughter of Henry and Nellie Ball Gorringe. “Denise was very proud to have become a naturalized U.S. citizen,” her family said.
Her first husband was Park Hanneman.
Mrs. Buhrman is survived by a daughter, Suzanne Hanneman Nickell and her husband, Donald, of Kimberling City, Mo., and a friend, Steve Waddell of Springfield.
The Rev. Virginia Brown conducted services Tuesday, Oct. 17, in Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield. Inurnment took place at the church’s columbarium.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Humane Society of the donor’s choice.