Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

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Buehner Lawrence L 010206 p1
Service set Wednesday for Larry Buehner, 83;  A service will be held Wednesday for Lawrence Larry Buehner, who died
last Friday at Memoprial Medical Center in Modesto.  He was 83 and had been in declining health for some time.  Born
in Eustis, Neb., in 1916, he came to California with his family when he was about 10 years old, settling in the San Jose
area.  He soon became a hard working entrepreneur, a trait that would remain with him a lifetime. He started 11 routes
delivering papers, then jobbed them out to other youths.  His father having died when he was 2, he went into the business
of raising chickens and selling eggs by the time he was a teenager. One story has him successfully bargaining with his
high school principal to be allowed to attend school only half time so that he could work at the chicken and egg business.
In return, he agreed to attend his half-day classes an extra year.
Always on the ranch:  For 13 years, either he or his mother was present on the ranch in rural San Jose.  While working at
that business, he also drove bread trucks for major bakeries. That continued until 1945.  Mr. Buehner married Ardis
Hurler in 1939, and hogs were added to the ranch operation.  Subdivisions in the San Jopse area eventually forced the
family to sell out.  He purchased 131 acres of river bottom property here in 1847, farming in both locations until he
moved his family here five years later.  He did commercial grain harvesting and built upp his cattle and hog operation.
 built Lip his cattle and hog operation.  1959 he. founded Larry Buehner Trucking and was a  major hauler for the
Patterson Canning Co., Libby s and others. Triangle Truck & Equipment was started in 1966 with. his son Larry, who
with his son operates the business today.
Moved rentals:  In the late 1960s Mr. Buehner began buying, moving and renovating rental homes on a major scale. He
continued that business activity until his health forced him to give it up about four years ago.  He was a member of
Patterson Covenant Church and for a number of years was chairman of the Twin Oaks Irrigation District.  The service
will be held at the Covenant Church, with burial in Turlock Memorial Park to follow.  Visitation will be Tuesday from 5-
8 p.m. at Hillview Funeral Chapel.  Survivors include two sons, Larry of Turlock and Ken Buehner of Patterson; eight
grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren; and a brother, Oliver Buehner of Saratoga.  He was preceded in death by his
wife Ardis in 1998.  They had been married 59 years.  Remembrances should be sent to the Patterson Covenant Church
Memorial Fund, 435 W.  Las Palmas Ave., Patterson.