More detail on this person: DUBOIS - Memorial
services with military honors for Edgar L. "Buzz"
Bardtrief Jr., 70, will be held at a later date in
Temecula, Calif.
He died July 30, 2006, at his home in Dubois.
He was born July 8, 1936, in Wisconsin, the son of
Edgar L. Bardtrief Sr., and Georgia Mozelle
(Savage) Bardtrief. He graduated from Rock Springs
High School.
He served with the U.S. Air Force as a Chinook
helicopter pilot in Vietnam and also served in
Germany.
He earned the Air Force Good Conduct Medal,
Good Conduct Medal with first through third award,
the Army Aviator Badge, Air Medal with second
through 14th awards, two overseas awards, Air
Force Longevity Service Award, National Defense
Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with three
bronze service stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal with
60 device, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with palm
and gold star, expert rifleman badge, a Bronze
Star and Army Commendation Medal after
re-enlistment.
He married Juanita L. Spaulding at McCord Air
Force Base in Tacoma, Wash., on Aug. 19, 1984.
After 10 years with the Air Force, he joined the
Oklahoma City Police Department and then the
Oklahoma Highway Patrol and was an honor
graduate from both academies.
He then re-entered the U.S. Army, training in
Texas and Alabama.
He later relocated to Rock Springs, where he
served with the police department and the
Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department. He
worked for Searle Brothers Helicopter and Fixed
Wing until his wife's retirement.
They moved to Albuquerque and then to Dubois in
2002.
He was a member of the Catholic faith.
He enjoyed collecting and working with guns, deer
hunting, golf and fly fishing. He built golf clubs
for students to learn the sport.
Survivors include his wife of Dubois, a sister,
Georgia Jeanine Bardtrief Higgins and her husband
of Temecula, Calif., nephews and nieces, Bruce
Higgins, Karl Higgins, Jeanine Denton and
Christine Higgins and their children.
He was preceded in death by his parents and twin
sister, Mary Constance Bardtrief Hubbard.
Local arrangements are with Davis Funeral Home of
Riverton.
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