Coshocton County OhArchives Obituaries.....Buxton, Francis Eugen May 5, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Georganna Hutchins hutchinsgeorganna@yahoo.com August 5, 2013, 10:06 am The Coshocton Tribune May 7, 2008 Warsaw--Francis Eugen Buxton, 86, of Township Road 59 died May 5, 2008, at his residence. He was born Aug. 12, 1921, in Carrara, Italy, to the late Shelby G. and Edith Jane (McNary) Buxton. He was a retired farmer and custodian at the Warsaw School. He was a member of the Nellie Chapel United Methodist Church, Bethlehen Grange, and the Coshocton County Farm Bureau. He was a former 4-H advisor and an avid collector. He was the Warsaw Lions Club 2001 Community Person of the Year and an honorary member of the River View FFA. He served 4 years in the Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. He is survived by his wife, Irene (Porteus) buxton, whom he married April 8, 1954; 2 sons, Robert (Bev) Buxton of Nellie and James (Sharon) Buxton of Warsaw; daughter, Susan McCurdy of Warsaw; 8 grandchildren, Emily (Ryan) Adams, Jesse Buxton, Amanda (Tony) Aelker, Charity (Mike) Danzczek, Jim (Kecia) Buxton, Zane (Cindy) Buxton, Tai and Bekah McCurdy; 5 great- grandchildren, Nathan Adams, Luciana Aelker, Joshua, Kaylah and Sasha Danjzcek; and a brother, J. Alberto (Elda) Buxton of North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his 1st wife, Grace (Porteus) Buxton, whom he married Dec. 2, 1944; she died May 1, 1953. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Martha; a granddaughter, Margery; brothers, George, Herbert and William; and a sister, Lelia. Funeral services will be Friday, May 9, at 11 a.m. at the Fischer Funeral Home in Warsaw, with the Rev. Frank Dawson officiating. Burial will be in the South Lawn Cemetery, Coshocton. Visitation is Thurs., May 8, from 5-8 p.m. and until service time on Friday. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/coshocton/obits/b/buxton2181gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb