Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Monday, January 12, 2026, at Dugan Kramer Funeral Home, 3201 Ave B, Scottsbluff, NE. Her funeral service will be held at 10 A.M., Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at Central Church of Christ in Gering with pastors Herb Rainey and Del Hamon officiating. Interment following the service at High Butte Cemetery, McGrew.
Memorials are established to Central Church of Christ in Gering, NE or Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, KS.
Viola Arvilla Bulman was born to George and Edna (Spraker) Benton on August 19, 1933, in Bayard, NE. Viola lived in Bayard and McGrew before moving to Gering, February of 2007. She graduated from Bayard High School in 1951. After graduating high school, she attended Manhattan Christian College and Platte Valley Bible College. She married Thornton Bulman March 10, 1967. They have two daughters, Margaret (Philip) Eckerberg and Faye Miller.
She was a member of the McGrew Golden Rod Club. For many years, she directed the church choir at Central Church of Christ.
She is survived by daughter Margaret (Philip) Eckerberg and daughter Faye Miller; grandchildren Meagan, Brooke (Josh), Brittany (Wyatt), Brianna (Andrew), Matthew, and Victoria; great grandsons Walker and Colter. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Thornton; two infant daughters, Marjorie Sue and Mary Kaye; parents, George and Edna Benton; sisters, Margaret Campbell and Virginia McDaniel; brothers, George Benton, Charles Benton, and Jack Benton; and son-in-law, Rocky Miller.
