Edwin "Buck" Weidner Buckwalter died July 9, 2007, of pneumonia at age 87.
Mr. Buckwalter was born Oct. 6, 1919, in Detroit. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. He worked for Jim Walter Doors for 41 years and lived in Detroit before transferring in 1975 to Portland, where he was West Coast manager. He lived in Milwaukie for the last 32 years. In 1947, he married Dorothy Dalton; she died in 2005.
Survivors include his daughter, Debbie Riedel; son, Craig; sister, Blanch Maher; and four grandchildren.
Arrangements by Crown
[Newspaper: The Oregonian; Date: 19 July 2007, Section C, Page 6]
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Enlistment Date 1: 26 Mar 1943
Release Date 1: 21 Feb 1946
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Mr. Buckwalter was born Oct. 6, 1919, in Detroit. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. He worked for Jim Walter Doors for 41 years and lived in Detroit before transferring in 1975 to Portland, where he was West Coast manager. He lived in Milwaukie for the last 32 years. In 1947, he married Dorothy Dalton; she died in 2005.
Survivors include his daughter, Debbie Riedel; son, Craig; sister, Blanch Maher; and four grandchildren.
Arrangements by Crown
[Newspaper: The Oregonian; Date: 19 July 2007, Section C, Page 6]
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Enlistment Date 1: 26 Mar 1943
Release Date 1: 21 Feb 1946
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Edwin "Buck" Weidner Buckwalter died July 9, 2007, of pneumonia at age 87.
Mr. Buckwalter was born Oct. 6, 1919, in Detroit. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. He worked for Jim Walter Doors for 41 years and lived in Detroit before transferring in 1975 to Portland, where he was West Coast manager. He lived in Milwaukie for the last 32 years. In 1947, he married Dorothy Dalton; she died in 2005.
Survivors include his daughter, Debbie Riedel; son, Craig; sister, Blanch Maher; and four grandchildren.
Arrangements by Crown
[Newspaper: The Oregonian; Date: 19 July 2007, Section C, Page 6]
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Enlistment Date 1: 26 Mar 1943
Release Date 1: 21 Feb 1946
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Mr. Buckwalter was born Oct. 6, 1919, in Detroit. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. He worked for Jim Walter Doors for 41 years and lived in Detroit before transferring in 1975 to Portland, where he was West Coast manager. He lived in Milwaukie for the last 32 years. In 1947, he married Dorothy Dalton; she died in 2005.
Survivors include his daughter, Debbie Riedel; son, Craig; sister, Blanch Maher; and four grandchildren.
Arrangements by Crown
[Newspaper: The Oregonian; Date: 19 July 2007, Section C, Page 6]
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Enlistment Date 1: 26 Mar 1943
Release Date 1: 21 Feb 1946
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