Dr. W. D. Buzard, age 79, of Excelsior Springs, Missouri passed away Sunday, October 12, 2003 at the Excelsior Springs Medical Center. He was born September 26, 1924 in Bogard, Missouri the son of Norman LeVan and Beulah Opal Pitts Buzard. He attended Hartis Grade School and graduated from Bogard High School in 1942. After completing the Army-Navy Commercial Course at the Chillicothe Business School, he enlisted in the Navy V-5 Program where he was a navigator and served until October of 1945. He attended Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri in 1946 and transferred to the University of Iowa where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949. He then attended the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Veterinary Medicine and earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1954. On June 22, 1949, he married Bonnie Mae White in Riverside, Iowa. He had been a Federal Meat Inspector in Kansas City, Missouri and practiced Veterinary Medicine in Montezuma, Iowa from 1955 until his retirement in 1977. He and his wife moved to Rogers, Arkansas in 1982 and to Excelsior Springs in 2001. Bill was a member of Pleasant Hill Christian Church, Carrollton, Missouri and belonged to the Masonic Lodge in Montezuma, Iowa.
Dr. W. D. Buzard, age 79, of Excelsior Springs, Missouri passed away Sunday, October 12, 2003 at the Excelsior Springs Medical Center. He was born September 26, 1924 in Bogard, Missouri the son of Norman LeVan and Beulah Opal Pitts Buzard. He attended Hartis Grade School and graduated from Bogard High School in 1942. After completing the Army-Navy Commercial Course at the Chillicothe Business School, he enlisted in the Navy V-5 Program where he was a navigator and served until October of 1945. He attended Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri in 1946 and transferred to the University of Iowa where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949. He then attended the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Veterinary Medicine and earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1954. On June 22, 1949, he married Bonnie Mae White in Riverside, Iowa. He had been a Federal Meat Inspector in Kansas City, Missouri and practiced Veterinary Medicine in Montezuma, Iowa from 1955 until his retirement in 1977. He and his wife moved to Rogers, Arkansas in 1982 and to Excelsior Springs in 2001. Bill was a member of Pleasant Hill Christian Church, Carrollton, Missouri and belonged to the Masonic Lodge in Montezuma, Iowa.
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