Anna Marie Buhler

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Anna Marie Buhler

February 28, 1938  ~ March 20, 2018

It is with deep regret and sorrow that we announce the passing of our mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Anna Marie Buhler, on March 20, 2018, after a prolonged illness.

Anna Marie was born February 28, 1938 to Joseph John and Helen Anne Keiser. The family lived in the Liberty Park neighborhood of Salt Lake City. She was the sixth of 10 children. Anna was a devout Roman Catholic and an alumna of Judge Memorial Catholic High School. She was an active member of St. Ambrose Parish in Salt Lake City.

An event showing Anna’s true strength and persistence was surviving polio, which she contracted twice during the polio epidemics of the 1950s. It was thought she would never walk again. However, she did walk again: down her wedding aisle, and she walked her children to school, and she hiked with her Girl Scout troop, and, until recently, was determined to walk wherever she wanted to go.

In 1962, she married Robert D. Buhler. They were the parents of four children.

As an independent-minded businesswoman, for many years Anna worked for H&R Block as a tax preparer, then opened her own tax business in Murray. It was very important to her that her children have a great education, and so she worked very hard to provide that to them.

Anna knew what it was like to be sick. If you were in the hospital, you could count on a visit from her every day. She also remembered everyone’s birthday and anniversary with a card.

Anna was preceded in death by her parents, and her sister Mary Catherine. In 1995, husband Robert passed away after a battle with brain cancer. More recently, she lost her brothers Edward and John, her sister Rita and husband Ed Brilz, and brother-in-law Hank Roticci.

She is survived by her children, Robert (Carrie) Buhler, Jr., Michele (Dave) Pilling, Caraleen (Christopher) Marks, and David Buhler; grandchildren Joseph and Sarah Buhler, and Hope and Christian Marks; siblings Gertrude Roticci, Josephine Divver, Louise (Donald) Lochead, Theresa Elder, George (Kathy) Keiser; and many nieces and nephews.

Anna’s family would like to extend their deepest thanks and gratitude to her caregivers, especially Ashley and Kylie, as well as her hospice nurses Katie and Michelle, in her final days at Alta Ridge Memory Care in Sandy. Many thanks are extended also to the caregivers for her nearly two years of residence at Legacy House in Taylorsville, especially Jennie.

A funeral Mass was celebrated March 28, 2018 at Saint Ambrose Catholic Church. Committal was at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery.