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JIWelsch  (View posts) Posted: 5 Apr 2009 9:12PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
Robert Keith Buckman, 76, of Jacksonville, formerly of Muscatine, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at his home.

Services were in Ohio. Burial was at the Manchester Cemetery.

He was born July 23, 1924, in Salem, Ohio, the son of Carey and Hazel Buckman.

He served in the 75th Division of the U.S. Army during World War II in the Battle of the Bulge.

He worked in purchasing management positions with B & W for the former NRM Co. in Akron, Ohio, and Stanley Consultants, until moving to Florida in 1985.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Charlotte; two daughters, Vicky Wells Spivey and her husband, Dennis, of Canton, Ohio and Linda Vollstedt and her husband, Tim, of Jacksonville, Fla.; four grandchildren; one step grandchild; a great step grandson; two brothers, Lowell Buckman of Ohio and Bill Buckman of Florida; and two sisters, Beverly and Carolyn of Florida.
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LAKE BALBOA, Calif.
Clarence William Buckman, 80, Lake BALBOA, died Tuesday, May 28, 2002, at Chandler Convalescent Center, North Hollywood, Calif., after a lengthy illness.

Memorial services are at Conesville United Methodist Church, Conesville.
The Rev. Betsey Neipert will officiate. Burial will be at the Columbus City Cemetery with military honors.

He was born April 18, 1922, in Conesville, the son of Fred and Mary Ethel Buckman.

He graduated from Conesville High School and West Coast University, Los Angeles, Calif., with a degree in electronic engineering in 1969.

He was employed at the Telephone Company and Butter Company, Columbus Junction, prior to serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, 1943-1945. As a communication line corporal, he received a Bronze Star for bravery during World War II. He served eight years with the U.S. Signal Core while in the service and as a civilian after World War II in the capacity of civil instructor for two years, foreman for electronic assembly for one year and chief inspector for two years at the San Luis Obispo, Calif. and Fort Lewis, Wash. sites. He reenlisted in the U.S. Army in1949 and was in combat in the Korean conflict. After retirement in 1984 as an electronics engineer at various companies in California, he was employed by Veterans Administration Medical Center, Sepulveda, Calif. as a Red Cross Service and Veterans Affairs Health Care Facilitator until 1999.

He was a member of the American Legion, Columbus Junction, and AMVETS at Sepulveda Veterans Administration Medical Center.

Survivors include his daughter, Kathy Masonholder and husband Merle of Fayette, Mo.; two granddaughters, Holly Masonholder of Shorewood, Wis. and Heidi Masonholder of Fayette; a brother, Ernest Buckman and wife Marilyn of Cedar Rapids; a sister-in-law, Donna Buckman and husband Harold of Kansas City, Kan.; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents; his parents; and two brothers, Harold Buckman and Robert Buckman.
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