Henry 'Buz' Ward Baldwin, Jr.,

Henry 'Buz' Ward Baldwin, Jr., 85, of 704 Grant St., PO Box 572, Saegertown, passed away Friday, January 4th, 2013 at Meadville Medical Center.
Buz was born in Meadville, on March 16, 1927, a son of the late Henry Ward and Marie (Hunter) Baldwin Sr. On January 2, 1954, Henry married W. Lea Greenawalt; she survives.
He was a lifelong member of Saegertown United Methodist Church, Saegertown.
For more than 50 years, Buz owned and operated his own Accounting Business which he began in 1955. During 39 of these years he also served as the Saegertown Borough Tax Collector as well as the Receiver of Taxes for Penncrest School District for seven years. He had previously been employed by the PA Department of Revenue as a field auditor, by the former Baldwin Laboratories, Saegertown, and by Price Waterhouse Accounting Firm, Cleveland, OH. He was a 1945 graduate of Saegertown High School. A WW II veteran, Buz entered the US Navy on June 13, 1945. He attained the rank of SI/c and served in the Pacific Theatre of Operations until his honorable discharge on August 9, 1946. Buz attended Allegheny College from 1946-1948, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He later went on to further his education at Kent State University, Kent, OH, and was a founding member of their Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter. He graduated in 1953 with a BS Degree in Business Administration. Buz had served on the Board of Trustees as well as Treasurer of PA Earned Income Tax Association and as past President of Crawford County Tax Collector Organization. He was a former member of Kismet Grotto and of Masonic Lodge #254.
In addition to his wife, Lea, of 59 years, Buz is survived by six children Leslie Latour and her husband Terry of Clarion, Henry 'Skip' Baldwin III of Saegertown, Jeffrey S. Baldwin and his wife Roberta of Midland, MI, Cheryl Buzzard of Bakerstown, Clarica Stanish and her husband Frank of Cheswick, Wm. Todd Baldwin of Manassas, VA, twelve grandchildren, Katie (Devinney) Brown, Mollie Devinney, Sarah Devinney, Tiffany Stanish, Taylor Stanish, Francine Stanish, Bob Baldwin, Nathan Baldwin, Stephanie Latour, Madeline Baldwin, Margo Baldwin, Henry Baldwin IV, three great grandchildren Evie Baldwin, Jack Baldwin, Miles Baldwin, a sister Sallie Baldwin Bam and her husband Foster of Greenwich, CT, and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents Buz was preceded in death by a daughter Heidi Sue Baldwin, two brothers Richard C. Baldwin, David H. Baldwin and a sister Audrey Horner.
Family and friends are invited to call on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 from 4-7 at Stephen P. Mizner Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 330 Broad St., Saegertown. Family and friends are invited to call on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 from 11-12 at Saegertown United Methodist Church, 620 Euclid Ave., Saegertown, where Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 PM with Rev. Darrell L. Greenawalt, Pastor, officiating. Military Honors by VFW Post #2006 will follow.
Interment will take place in Saegertown Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Saegertown United Methodist Church, 620 Euclid Ave. Saegertown, PA 16433 or a charity of the donors choice.
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