Earl Buckwalter (1895 - 1977)

Born 6 Jun 1895 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Florida Rose (Shank) Buckwalter — married 14 Oct 1918 in Leeton, Johnson, Missouri, United States

Died 17 Dec 1977 at age 82 in Newton, Harvey, Kansas, United States

Biography

Earl was born in 1895. He was the son of Benjamin Buckwalter and Mary Musselman. He passed away in 1977. ^[1]

Obituary

Unsourced from Find A Grave Memorial record Buckwalter, Earl, son of Benjamin F. and Mary (Musselman) Buckwalter, was born at New Holland, Pa., June 6, 1895; died of a stroke at Newton, Kan., Dec. 17, 1977; aged 82 y.

On Oct. 14, 1918, he was married to Florida Rose Shank, who died on Apr. 23, 1977. On Oct. 13, 1977, he was married to Keturah Dreier, who survives.

In 1929 he was ordained to the ministry and in 1947 he was ordained to the office of bishop. He served the Pennsylvania Mennonite Church in Kansas, and served as interim pastor at Sycamore Grove in Missouri, Crystal Springs near Harper, and in south Texas.

He was a member of the Whitestone Mennonite Church where funeral services were held on Dec. 20.

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to David Georgiades.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M336-DXH : 13 January 2022), Earl Buckwalter in entry for Ben F Buckwalter, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2C8-HF4 : accessed 15 November 2018), Earl Buckwalter in household of Benjamin F Buckwalter, Macon, Harvey, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 1A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 441; FHL microfilm 1,374,454.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6X-XQW : 1 February 2021), Earl Buckwalter, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QH-45M : accessed 29 May 2022), Earl Bookwalter, Hesston, Harvey, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 4A, line 15, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 705; FHL microfilm 2,340,440.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27536682/earl-buckwalter : accessed 29 May 2022), memorial page for Earl Buckwalter (6 Jun 1895–17 Dec 1977), Find A Grave: Memorial #27536682, citing Eastlawn Cemetery, Zimmerdale, Harvey County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by GarberEppHartzlerYoder History (contributor 46868241) .