South Bend Tribune 2/12/1995

MISHAWAKA - James E. Buwa, 66, of Ellen Avenue, died at 4:20 p.m. Friday in St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend, after an illness. Mr. Buwa was employed at Bonnie Doon for 45 years. He was born March 27, 1928, in Pulaski and lived here most of his life.

On Sept. 15, 1945, in Mishawaka, he married Dorothy L. Reygaert. She died Jan. 24, 1994. Surviving are a daughter, Beverly A. Conard of Mishawaka; three granddaughters; five great-granddaughters; and three brothers, Robert and John C. ''Chuck,'' both of Mishawaka, and Ronald of South Bend. He was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church and Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 1262, where he was a 40-year member and earned his Pilgrim degree.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, where a wake service will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to Moose Lodge 1262.