Guy A Buchwald
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August 2, 2010 |
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Ames, IA USA |
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I Married Elizabeth Stevenson on May 7, 1967 at the Little Brown Church |
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Passport & Business Mail Entry clerk Ames, Iowa |
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Todd born 1968, married Stacy Purvis, Ethan & Jonah; Live in Minnesota
Joseph born 1970, married Brenda Purvis, Patrick & Joscelyn; Live in Minnesota
Timothy born 1972, married Ellen Freestone, Aaron, Christoher, Rebecca and Benjamin; Live in Iowa
Sarah our only daughter was born in 1974 and has four children.
Thomas born 1976, married Trisha Doyle; Live in Alaska. Tom flies Black Hawk Helicopters for a living.
Robert born 1979, married Dezaray Lynch, Tristen; Live in Iowa
Kevin born 1981, married Christina Licht, Kitriana; Live in Iowa
David born 1983, married Brittany Knight, Anika, Caleb & Denisha. Live in Iowa |
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I have gone on RAGBRAI (Registers Annual Great Bicycle Ride Accross Iowa) the last two years and have rode over 1100 miles this year (2010) in preparing for the ride that starts July 25 in Sioux City. I'm a member of the Iowa Valley Bicycle Club in Marshalltown.
My wife Elilzabeth and Doctor our happy with all the time I spend training to stay healthy.
I will miss the great party at Hickory Grove as I head to Farmington, MN after work on Friday to meet up with Team Igor (our family biycle team). I hope that everyone has a great time. Wish I could be there.
See the "FLYING TENT" picture below.
After my time in the Army I worked for the Singer Sewing Machine company in Marshalltown, Newton, Des Moines and was made Manager of the store in Ames.
It was while I worked in Des Moines that I met Elizabeth Stevenson, a Dental Assistant. We fell in love and were married in the little Brown Church.
We have been blessed with 8 children and 17 grand children. I love playing with the grand children.
Each Thanksgiving we have a Grandpa, sons and grandsons football game.
In the summer we take all family members that can go and grand children to Adventureland park, followed with a pizza party.
Elizabeth loves Family history and has completed many records of our family lines. If anyone has questions on family history or how to get started, call Liz.
During the summer after High School I met a classmate who joined the Army and was home on leave. He told me what he liked about the Army and he was glad he enlisted. I soon enlisted in the Army. I signed the papers at the Ames, Iowa Post Office.
Today I work at Ames Post Office as a Passport and Business Mail Entry Clerk.
I went to Fort Leonard Wood in the fall of 1964 and after basic training was sent to Fort Bragg in North Carolina. I loved it there! President Johnson however sent thousands of us (soliders)to the Dominican Republic in the spring of 1965 when they had a civil war.
I was a Battalion Mail Clerk in a direct support Quarter Masters unit that followed the 82nd Airborne where ever they went.
It was while at Fort Bragg that I was baptized into the Church of Jesus Chrsit of Latter-day
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US Army  |
This picture taken after completing 7 days of RAGBRAI July 25, 2009 with the Iowa Valley Bicycle Club of Marshalltown, Iowa. Picture taken at the Marshalltown Community College.
Summer 2008 after 2008 RAGBRAI and at Adventureland with our children and grand children. Nicholas Kerby (grandson from Michigan) on train with me.
This is a picture of a Dust Devil that we saw in Red Oak, Iowa July 2009 while we were camped at a church on RAGBRAI. You can see the tent in the right corner and tent bags in the left corner. The fire dept. had to get it down with a ladder truck after it landed on a church steeple.
This is a picture of the new High Trestle Bridge taken on July 17th near Woodward,Iowa that is still under construction. It's suppose to open October 15, 2010. It's a half mile long and 13 stories high.
This is another picture atop the High Trestle Bridge. It's part of the trail system that goes from Ankeny to Woodward.
It's going be really lit up when its done and have large squares that go around it at different angles.
RAGBRAI 2010 July 31
Tom Kurth, Marshalltown; Todd Buchwald, Farmington, MN; Guy Buchwald, Ames; Patrick Buchwald, Clearwater, MN;
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