BUECHLER, CECIL AND OPAL (PRINDLE)

Cecil Arthur Buechler was the fifth child of John and Jeannette Buechler. He was born on the river ranch 4 1/2 miles north of Mullen, land now owned by Sam Simonson. Cecil graduated from Mullen High School in 1941, worked on ranches around Mullen, then went into the Navy in 1944. His time in the Navy was spent on an air craft carrier. Upon his return home, he and his brother Dewayne and Stan Barent owned rodeo stock together.

In 1947, Cecil married Opal Alta Prindle. Cecil worked on ranches for awhile, then moved to Mullen and started carpentering with Frank Fitzgerald. Later he worked for Bill McIntosh and he and Opal ran the Mullen Vets' Club for five years.

Cecil and Opal had three children Cecilia, married Neal haward and they have three children, Cee Cee Lynn, Mark Andrew and Kimberly Nicole. They live in Mullen. Son, Edward married Caryle Covalt, Ed has two children, Tanya Ranee and Travis Ray. They live in Wyoming. Rosalie married Jim Over-street and they have three children, Joy Lynn, Robert Edward and Dever Cecil. The family live in Ogallala.

When the children were grown, Cecil went into construction work for Missouri Valley. they did lots of traveling around from job to job during the summer time, the spent the winters in Grand Island, Nebraska. After ten years, they moved to ogallala and Cecil worked for the Simon Construction Com-pany. They moved to North Platte, Nebraska in 1983.

In June of 1987, Cecil and Opal and Cecilia and Neal Hayward bought the Mullen Fertil-izer Plant in Mullen. The Buechlers moved to Mullen in September 1987 to make their home.