Buffington

On January 19, 2005, LAWRENCESELDON BUFFINGTON; He was a World War II Veteran, where he was a member of the 83 engineers. He was the beloved husband of the late Helen Dutrow Buffington. He is survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to call Burgee-Henss-Seitz Funeral Home, Inc., 3631 Falls Road, on Thursday from 3 to 7. Funeral services will be held at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery at Garrison Forest on Wednesday, January 26 at 1:45 P.M.

Kathleen Maria "Lena" Buffington, a retired real estate agent who was active in the state and national Republican Party, died of cancer Tuesday at her Tuscany-Canterbury home. She was 91. Born Kathleen Maria Babylon on a farm in the Wakefield Valley near New Windsor, she was a 1933 graduate of New Windsor High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a doctorate in political science from the Johns Hopkins University. She taught school for several years at Polytechnic Institute and Western High schools and at the Roland Park Junior High School.

Kathleen Maria "Lena" Buffington, a retired real estate agent who was active in the state and national Republican Party, died of cancer Tuesday at her Tuscany-Canterbury home. She was 91. Born Kathleen Maria Babylon on a farm in the Wakefield Valley near New Windsor, she was a 1933 graduate of New Windsor High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a doctorate in political science from the Johns Hopkins University. She taught school for several years at Polytechnic Institute and Western High schools and at the Roland Park Junior High School.

On August 4, 2007, REBA ESTELLE BUFFINGTON, dear sister of Eva Audrey Gavis, also survived by nieces and nephews. A Funeral Service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue on Tuesday at 9 A.M. Interment Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery. Friends may call on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M.

An article in Sunday's Carroll County edition incorrectly stated the organization that received money from the auction of a quilt designed by Union Bridge resident Betty Buffington. The $2,200 raised at the auction last month went to Union Bridge Area Heritage Committee. The Sun regrets the error.The Sun regrets the errors.Union Bridge resident Betty Buffington has created quilting designs for 39 years, painstakingly drawing the designs by hand, then transferring them with thread and needle onto a blank patch.

John E. Buffington didn't care much for ceremony during his lifetime. But Carroll County's only Civil War Medal of Honor winner will be honored Saturday at Celebrate Taneytown, the city's second Civil War festival.Re-enactors representing the 11th Pennsylvania Fife and Drum Corps will lay a wreath on Buffington's grave in Trinity Lutheran Church cemetery at 9: 30 a.m. A local historian will read an account of the actions that earned Buffington the nation's highest military honor.The Celebrate Taneytown planning committee is honoring Buffington as part of a festival that will include a costume ball, workers in "forgotten arts" -- pre-Industrial Age crafts -- and re-enactors in an encampment that will be open at night for candlelight tours.

Sgt. John E. Buffington took modesty to a new level. This is what his family thinks, and after considering his performance on the battlefields of the Civil War, there can only be one response; they're right.He was fighting in a time when soldiers on the front lines woke up every day to play the odds of survival. They gambled with their lives as they fought on smoke-covered terrain charging through fusillades of bullets and shrapnel. Many never made it. But Buffington was lucky enough to beat the odds of death.

On June 28, 2006, HELEN BUFFINGTON WARD; beloved wife of the late William Le Roy Ward; dear mother of William Buffington Ward, Cynthia Ward Woolsey and Mark H. Ward; dear mother-in-law of Marie "Mimi" M. Ward, Thomas A. Woolsey, MD and Donna Jennings Ward; dear grandmother of Amy, Carrie, Alix, Timothy, Kristin and Matthew. Also survived by six great-granddaughters. A Memorial Service will be held at the family owned Mitchell Weidefeld Funeral Home, Inc, 6500 York Road (at Overbrook) on Saturday 1 P.M. Please omit flowers.

On February 3, 2004 HELEN JOHNSON BUFFINGTON (nee Dutrow), beloved wife of Lawrence S. Buffington. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.Friends are invited to call at the Burgee- Henss-Seitz Funeral Home, Inc., 3631 Falls Rd., on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. and Thursday from 9 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday at 10 A.M. at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 37th Street and Hickory Avenue. Interment will be held at the Veteran Cemetery at Garrison Forest on Monday at 2:30 P.M.

The Westminster Municipal Band elected officers for next year at a recent meeting and rehearsal. Awards for this season were presented at the band's Christmas party. New officers are: Greg Wantz, president; Scott Flohr, vice president; Mike Buffington, secretary; George West, assistant secretary; Delbert Myerly, treasurer; William Myers, assistant treasurer; Sandy Miller, director; Ted Dix, assistant director; Steve Wantz, drum major; Dave Miller, assistant drum major; Bob Valette, librarian; and Bette Shepherd, assistant librarian.

Sgt. John E. Buffington took modesty to a new level. This is what his family thinks, and after considering his performance on the battlefields of the Civil War, there can only be one response; they're right.He was fighting in a time when soldiers on the front lines woke up every day to play the odds of survival. They gambled with their lives as they fought on smoke-covered terrain charging through fusillades of bullets and shrapnel. Many never made it. But Buffington was lucky enough to beat the odds of death.