Ewing H. Buysse ’35

"WING" BUYSSE died Apr. 26, 1990, in a Hanover, N.H. hospital of complications from multiple bums suffered in an accidental fire at his home in Windsor, Vt., Apr. 8, 1990. He was born, Nov. 21,1911, in St. Louis, Mo. and prepared for Princeton at Browning School in N.Y.C. As an undergraduate he roomed all four years off campus with Abram Groff Hober. He majored in French at Princeton and also graduated from Wharton School of Business at U.Penn.

He was a commissioned U.S. Army officer for 36 years, serving by 1944 as a major in the War Dept. in Washington D.C., and retiring as a colonel.

He married Josefine Verdun O'Roark in Arlington, Va. May 30, 1957, and for reasons of health they moved to Windsor, Vt. that year to operate a 165acre dairy farm, and occupation in which neither had any experience, but soon teamed how by government pamphlets, trial and error, and advice of neighbors. After several years they also became dealers in power equipment, including Gravely Tractors, Johnson Snowmobiles, Cusman Tracksters, and B.M.W. motorcycles, and acquired a fine business reputation throughout New England. "Wing" retired in 1978, when his eyesight began to fad due to a detached retina unsuccessfully operated on.

He is survived by his widow, Josefine, an adopted daughter, Sharon L. Conkin, four grandchildren, and three nieces, to all of whom the Class extends sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1935