ROY GLEN BUCHOLZ

 Roy Glen Bucholz (Carl Friedrich Theodore Johann Bucholz, (Martin) Johann Wilhelm Buchholz, Martin Jochim Heinrich Buchholtz, Franz Christian Buchholtz) was born 22 February 1903 in greenville township, Darke County, Ohio.  He died 31 October 1949 in St. Mary's Hospital, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan and is buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Marion Springs, Saginaw County, Michigan.

Roy was excellent at playing the drums and banjo.  Roy and his wife Rosie (who played the piano) used to play in a band with Dean McLeod and others.  When the band was playing, Roy and Rosie's daughter, Little Evie, would play along on the piano by chording to the music.  Roy,  also enjoyed hunting, fishing, and trapping with coon hounds.  He worked at Eaton Manufacturing in Saginaw, Michigan.  

 

information given by Roy's brother, John W. Bucholz

The photo is of Roy and Rosie Bucholz

Roy married Rosa Gath on 14 June 1930.  Rosa was born 7 May 1912 in Marion Springs Township, Saginaw County, Michigan.  She died 9 November 1949 in St. Lukes Hospital, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan and was buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Marion Springs, Saginaw County, Michigan.

 

Roy and Rosie had the following children:

 

1.  Evelyn Rose Bucholz "Little Evie" was born 16 September 1932 and  died 10 July 1986.

 

2.  Larry Bucholz was born in 1945 and died 1949.

The photo is of Little Evie Bucholz

1.  Evelyn Rose Bucholz "Little Evie" was born 16 September 1932 in St. Charles, Saginaw County, Michigan.  She died 10 July 1986 in East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan.

 

Evie was a long time member of the Greater Lansing Board of Realtors, and had been awarded honorary member of the Women's Council of Realtors.  Along with her own business, Isham Realty, had been involved with real estate for over 25 years.  She was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church of Lansing, Michigan.

 

Evie married Fred Flositz and they had the following children:

a.  David Flositz

b.  Judith Flositz

c.  Sandra Flositz

 

Evie also married Ron Isham.

 

 

The photo is of Roy fishing with his daughter, Little Evie.

2.  Larry Bucholz was born on 6 September 1945 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan.  He died 1 January 1949 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan.  Larry was buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Marion Springs, Saginaw County, Michigan.  He is buried next to his mother and dad, Rosie and Roy Bucholz.

SOURCES:  Sandra Flositz, daughter of Evelyn Bucholz Isham and John Bucholz.