The Buzby Family    –    An Alaska Pioneer Family              A  A  A

Louisa Buzby and Marian with Marian's son Jim, 1925

Ewert and Marian lived and raised their family in Southgate, California. My grandmother, Bessie Buzby Spencer, and her younger sister Marian were very close all their lives and often visited. The photos on this page are from my grandmother's photo album.

I barely remember the phone call, in July 1956. I was only 10 years old at the time. We were visiting Grandma in Seattle. Aunt Marty remembers answering the phone and receiving the terrible news that Marian, her husband Ewert, their son Jim and Jim's son Patrick Anthony, age 2, had been killed in an auto accident.

The family has never forgotten Marian and her family. While planning for the Buzby reunion for July 2007, Barbara Entsminger asked if I knew the whereabouts of Marian's family, hoping that they could be located and included in the family gathering.