Jesse Landon Buckman

CANON CITY, Colo. - Jesse Buckman, 86, of Canon City, passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, at a nursing home, from a lingering illness. He was born Jan. 17, 1924, at Hazleton, Iowa, to Vaun and Florence Buckman. He attended the Old Country Mill School and graduated from Hazleton High School. He served in World War II in the infantry for three years, mostly in Japan. He then was united in married to Glenda Knowles of Oelwein at Zion Lutheran Church. Survivors include his beloved wife Glenda; three sons, Terry (Debra) of Colorado Springs, Tim of Beaver Creek, Ohio, and David (Emily) of Colorado Springs and Washington, D.C.; one sister Helen Hillman Schmidtke of Oelwein; a sister-in-law YuVonne Buckman of Hazleton, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter-in-law Donna Buckman, a sister Genevieve and a brother James. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Friday, March 5, at the United Presbyterian Church in Canon City.

Published in Oelwein Daily Register on Mar. 5, 2010

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