Paul Warren Buffington (1921 - 2008)

Born 14 Feb 1921 in Lykens, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Bessie May (Williard) Buffington — married 17 Jan 1942 in Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 8 Feb 2008 at age 86 in Dover, Kent, Delaware, United States

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Biography

Paul was born in 1921, son of Charles Warren Buffington (1886-1958) and Mabel May Weaver (1892-1973). He lived in ^[1] with his parents and siblings May 21 and Ruby 14. Also in the home are Mays children; Phyllis 3 and Ralph 2 Weaver. A sister Hilda married in 1927. In 1940 he was 19 and living with his parents, he had graduated high school and was a new worker. Also in the home his sister May 31 and her children; Phyllis 13 and Ralph 12 Weaver, his sister Hilda 29 and her children; Lorraine 11 and Charles 9 Coleman^[2].

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He married Bessie Williard in 1942^[3]

Paul Buffington served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 1 Oct 1942
Unit(s): Unknown
Service ended: 2 Nov 1945

Paul Buffington served in the United States Army in the Korean War
Service started: 19 Oct 1950
Unit(s): Unknown
Service ended: 3 Dec 1951

Paul Buffington is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army October 1, 1942, October 19, 1950-November 2, 1945, December 3, 1951
World War II Army. Korean War.

Obituary Patriot-News

Paul W. Buffington, age 86, passed away Friday, February 8, 2008^[6] at Silver Lake Nursing Home.

He was formerly employed as a technician by the Federal Government and was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II and Korea.

Mr. Buffington was born February 14, 1921 in R.D. Lykens, PA, son of the late Charles and Mabel Weaver Buffington.

He was the husband of the late Bessie M. Williard Buffington, who passed away February 16, 2000, and was also preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Margaret Ramsey.^[7]

Interred in the Calvary United Methodist Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHSW-GZD : 8 December 2015), Paul W Buffington in entry for Charles W Buffington, 1930.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQFZ-FZ4 : 17 May 2014), Paul W Buffington in household of Charles W Buffington, Washington Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22-134, sheet 9A, family 165, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3486.
3. ↑ Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFS4-J7F : accessed 29 Oct 2014), Paul W. Buffington and Bessie M. Williard, 17 Jan 1942; citing Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; FHL microfilm 21217.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PN-L36 : 5 December 2014), Paul W Buffington, enlisted 01 Oct 1942, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V316-X31 : 20 May 2014), Paul W Buffington, 08 Feb 2008; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) - February 10, 2008
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #24526417