Mary Elizabeth Blair and Gerald Dean Buell
GERALD DEAN BUELL, son of LOIS DORIS POLLOCK and SAMUEL LOWELL BUELL, was born November 19, 1923 in Salem, Marion, Oregon,7377 and died December 17, 1957 in Libby, Lincoln, Montana.7238 He is buried in Libby Cemetery, Lincoln County, Montana.456
He married MARY ELIZABETH BLAIR on January 19, 1949 in Libby, Lincoln, Montana.7035 She was born August 29, 1928 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota,7035 and died April 21, 2008 in Lane County, Oregon.876
Military Service
Gerald D. Buell
- was a US Navy Veteran of World War II10635
Obituaries
Western News, December 19, 195710635
Loader Operator Crushed to Death
Gerald D. Buell, 34, of 501 Louisiana avenue, was crushed to death Tuesday forenoon in the cab of the Pettibone front-end loader he was operating at the city sand pit, when the machine tipped sideways over a 15-foot bank.
Buell was employed by J. Neils Lumber company. The cause of the accident, which happened at approximately 10:30 a.m., had not been determined at press time. Other workers at the sand pit could not tell just what happened to cause the loader to overturn.
Gerald Buell served three and a half years with the navy in World War II, attaining the rank of aviation machinist's mate 2nd class. He started to work for Neils in the spring of 1949.
Survivors include his widow, Elizabeth; two daughters, Diana Kay and Mary Kathleen, and a son, Gerald Dean II.
Funeral services will be held at the Gompf Funeral home at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon (tomorrow).
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| April 14, 193010623 | Dallas, Polk, Oregon |
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