GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Bruce Willis Buehler 1926 – 2020 Bruce Willis Buehler 1926 – 2020
The Buehler family sadly announces the passing of their beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, Bruce Willis Buehler.
Bruce’s family has a long history in Kansas; his paternal grandparents Johan Karl & Regina Deininger Buehler immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1877. Johan was a stone mason and also had a small farm near Frederick. Bruce’s father, Benjamin Buehler was born in 1887 in Dorrance, KS and attended Enterprise School (German American Academy) in Enterprise, KS.
His mother was Helen Nelson Skiles who was born in Pittsburg PA in 1891. Her parents, William Cutten and Olive Wilson Skiles, moved to KS for health reasons and homesteaded near Frederick, so Helen grew up on a small farm and later attended Mt. Allison College in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.