He would have been 95 years old today. Buehl Jerome Berentson, born in Anacortes on February 24, 1925 to Marion and Martha Berentson. As photos indicate, Dad followed the path taken by many in his generation: from high school to wartime military service, in his case the U.S. Navy and the Pacific Theatre. Home safe again, he met North Dakota native Verna Peters when both were working civilian jobs at NAS Whidbey. He then decided on college with help from the G.I. Bill. Then it was more family, career, years away from Washington State and a return to Anacortes in 1977. Anacortes was always “home.” He and Mom are buried at Grand View Cemetery.
Marion and Martha Berentson, Duane, Buehl, Helene
Buehl Berentson, top right, Anacortes Lutheran Church confirmation class
Anacortes High School jounalism class, with sweater
U.S. Navy (left), Marine Corps cousin Bud (right)
Somewhere in South Pacific (right)
Navy buddies, Pacific, (back, center)
Buehl and Verna, 1940s
Buehl and Verna
Parents become grandparents, then great grandparents
Together. Buehl died in 2007, Verna in 2016.
