Robert "Bob" Buhler

Robert Fred “Bob” Buhler, age 75, of Cave Junction, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at his home.

Bob was born December 9, 1939 in Los Angeles, California to Fred & Kathleen Buhler. As an infant, he moved with his family to the Illinois Valley. He grew up on a chicken farm near Takilma and attended Kerby School and graduated from Illinois Valley High School. All his working years, he was employed with the United States Forest Service as a fire prevention coordinator and as a lookout at Ranger stations in Oregon and other states retiring in 1990.

Bob was a member of the Lions Club in Cave Junction. He served with the Oregon National Guard.

Bob enjoyed Western movies; yard work; weeding on his hands and knees; reading especially Louis L’Amour Westerns; hunting, and jeep drives with his daughters in the mountains every weekend.

Survivors include his companion, Verna Davidson of Cave Junction, Oregon; two daughters, Karen Christensen of Cave Junction, Oregon and Tammy Wylie of Kerby, Oregon; three sisters, Dolores, Joann, and Dorothy; four grandchildren, Sean, Samantha, Ryan, and Stephanie; and seven great-grandchildren, Tanner, Harlynn, Gavin, Jayden, Jaylin, Camden, and Halee.

No services are planned.