Esther Wilson Buehler, Class of 1948

Esther Wilson Buehler ’48 died May 29, 2020. She was born May 22, 1925, in Newcomerstown, OH to the late John and Gertrude Wilson. She was a 1943 graduate of Newcomerstown High School. Esther attended Otterbein College for two years and transferred to Ohio State University where she obtained a degree in Home Economics/Dietetics. While at Otterbein she was part of the Tau Delta (Deltas) sorority.

Esther was active in her church and with both daughter’s Girl Scout troops. She maintained her educational licensing as a registered dietician and returned to the workforce in 1974 where she worked as a consultant at the hospital in Santa Rosa, NM and later as a consultant at the New Mexico State Hospital in Las Vegas, NM.

Esther was also preceded in death by her sister, Mable Wilson Little and husband, Roger Charles Buehler. She is survived by her son, Mark (Lisa) Buehler; daughter’s Janice (Richard) Ruegg and Cassandra (Maynard) Coffee. She is also survived by her older sister, Betty McMullen of New Philadelphia, OH; grandchildren: Andrew, Melanie, Kyle, and Kayla.