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Helen Marie BUCHERT
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Name Helen Marie BUCHERT [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 2 Dec 1922 Georgetown, Polk, Wisconsin, USA
[1, 5] Gender Female Census 2 May 1950 Shasta, California, USA
[2] Death 28 Jan 2008 [5] Person ID I558 Family Tree Last Modified 24 Jun 2026
Family Augustine Benedict RUZICKA, b. 12 Aug 1919, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
d. 22 Jan 1993, Redding, Shasta, California, USA
(Age 73 years) Marriage Abt 1941 Arizona, USA
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RUZICKA, Austin
BUCHERT, Helen
Affidavit for Marriage LicenseNotes - Original data had Austin and Helen married on 01 Mar 1960. But since Elizabeth RUZICKA corrected some of this data, that could not have been true. It is now estimated that they married in 1941.
Divorce is assumed as ancestry.com shows Helen Marie BUCHERT marrying an Albert F. PARR in Shasta, CA in Jul 1954.
Children + 1. Austin W. RUZICKA, Jr. > 2. Jo Kathleen RUZICKA 3. Mark Edwin RUZICKA Family ID F141 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jun 2026
- Original data had Austin and Helen married on 01 Mar 1960. But since Elizabeth RUZICKA corrected some of this data, that could not have been true. It is now estimated that they married in 1941.
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Event Map 
Birth - 2 Dec 1922 - Georgetown, Polk, Wisconsin, USA 

Marriage - Abt 1941 - Arizona, USA 

Census - 2 May 1950 - Shasta, California, USA 
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Sources - [S932] Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972.
Name: Austin B. Ruzicka
Gender: Male
Affidavit or License Age: 22
Affidavit or License Date: 14 Nov 1941
License Place: Yuma, Arizona, USA
Spouse: Helen Marie Buchert
Description: Marriage Applications, 1941 Nov - Nov - [S1496] 1950 U.S. Census, California, Shasta, #5, Seventeenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 45-36, Sheet No. 37.
Lines 13 thru 18 - [S1130] California Birth Index, 1905-1995.
Name: JO Kathleen Ruzicka
Birth Date: 14 Apr 1946
Gender: Female
Mother's Maiden Name: Buchert
Birth County: Tehama - [S1130] California Birth Index, 1905-1995.
Name: Mark Edwin Ruzicka
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1947
Gender: Male
Mother's Maiden Name: Buchert
Birth County: Tehama - [S1497] Obituary of Helen Marie PARR, (Date: Abt. 30 Jan 2008;).
Helen Marie Parr
Born: December 02, 1922
Died: January 28, 2008
Helen Marie Parr was born in Georgetown, Wisconsin on December 2,1922 and went to be with the Lord on January 28, 2008. Helen was predeceased by husbands Albert F. Parr and Kenneth Ogilvie; also mother and father - Edwin and Effie Buchert; brothers - Wayne and Chuck Buchert, and sister Harriet Johnston. She leaves five children- Austin Ruzicka, Jo Ruzicka, Mark Ruzicka, David A.Parr, and Jan Marie Lyon. She leaves 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Helen also leaves sisters Fawn Colbert, Verda Melrose, Jean Denman, Hazel Morris, Myrna Hutson, and brothers - Ed Buchert and Les Buchert. Service will be held at Allen & Dahl Mortuary in Palo Cedro at 2 p.m. on Thursday January 31, 2008
- [S932] Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972.
