Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Buckingham, Mervin Baker 2005
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The Greenville Daily News, Wednesday, December 7, 2005


Mervin Baker Buckingham, 82, died peacefully at Heartland Care Center, Ionia on 
Friday, November 25, 2005, attended by his daughter Amy.  Mr. Buckingham was 
born December 24, 1922 in Brownsville, PA, to Dr. Guy Emerson and Luna Guesman 
Buckingham.

His early years were spent in Meadville, PA, where he graduated with honors 
from Allegheny College with a master’s degree in industrial psychology.  Mr. 
Buckingham volunteered in the Army Air Corps in 1941 and served four years in 
the Pacific Theater as a pilot, finishing a a second lieutenant, of C-47s and 
B-25s.  He received recognition and became a proud member of the Caterpillar 
Club after being forced to abandon planes twice in the Pacific Ocean.  As many 
other GIs, he left military life for civilian employment.  Mr. Buckingham was 
employed by C&P Telephone and advanced to management level, in what was to 
become Bell Atlantic, where he retired after 35 years of service.  He enjoyed 
his large family, sports (was a longtime Steelers fan), studying World War II 
and was an avid gardener.

Mr. Buckingham is survived by his wife of 57 years, Polly Buckingham; children, 
Michael and Laura, Amy, Guy and Jill, Sean and Diane, Kristin; niece, Julia and 
Tim Marshal; grand-niece, Evie; beloved sister, Betty and Joseph Pose Pond, and 
her children, Susan and John; grandchildren, Aaron, Neal, Caleb; and cousins, 
James and Beverly Renn, Jean Morton, Sally and Jerry Phillips.

In lieu of flowers, please send memorial donations to St. John’s Episcopal 
Church, Ionia.


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