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In Memory

Gary Buhler - Class of 1958

Gary Warren Buhler was born August 4, 1939.  He was a new and welcome guest to the small, farming community of Bern, Idaho.  Deeply loyal to and strongly rooted in the heritage of his large Swiss family Gary tended to the family farm after his father's death before moving to the Bay Area at age 26.  He then found employment in banking at the Bank of the Orient in San Francisco where he dedicated 12 years beginning as a loan officer and working his way up to vice president and bank manager.  He also worked as a credit collection specialist.  Two days after his 27th birthday he met his lifetime partner, Elizabeth Grace Efting and they married December 31, 1966.  In 1971 they celebrated the birth of their daughter.  The Buhlers have been residents of Novato, California since 1976.  Gary passed away Friday morning, December 20, 2002 surrounded by his family.  He is survived by two sisters.  Funeral services were held in the LDS Novato Ward Chapel.