Person:Errett Paulin (1)

Anecdote: “Are you related to a guy named Bud Paulin from Le Mars, Iowa? He was a good friend to Clarence Kaasch, who is now deceased. The first time I met him, I was maybe 16, Clarence introduced him to me as ‘Bud Paulin’...I looked at him and said ‘Wow, I didn't know there was really a guy named Paul Bunyan, I thought it was always a fairy tale!’ If Bud Paulin was related to you, I want to tell you he was one of the nicest persons I ever have met... and I've met a lot of really nice people.”^S6 [Bud was a big man, over 6’ tall, and broad-chested.]

Bud loved fishing, especially at their house at Lobster Lake, Minnesota. He caught catfish from the banks of the lake, and from the boat brought in northerns, crappie, bluegills and sunfish. He had a woodworking shop and a built-in pool table at the Le Mars house. At family gatherings, he was often seen playing horseshoes. Bud and Ruth liked to travel. In the early 1950s they drove from Iowa to Alaska, following the newly-built Al-Can Highway. They also drove to and around Mexico in 1963.

Also in the early 1960s, Bud was one of nineteen men who made a Farm Bureau Trade Mission to Japan. They toured Japanese farms, visited the Toshogu shrine, and met with U.S. Embassy and Japanese government officials.

Obituary

“E. O. (Bud) Paulin, 68, semi-retired Le Mars insurance agent, died unexpectedly Friday morning at Floyd Valley Hospital. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital from his home at 5:30 a.m. Errett Oscar Paulin was born Dec. 20, 1901, at Batavia and went to the Kingsley vicinity as a child. He lived there until moving to Le Mars in 1955. His home was at 420 South Greenwood Drive. Mr. Paulin had been active in Farm Bureau work and Farm Bureau insurance. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. His marriage to Ruth James took place June 22, 1926, at Swaledale. His parents were the late John W. and Imogene Walker Paulin. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at First United Methodist Church in LeMars, with Rev. Milo Morris officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memory Gardens, Le Mars, under the direction of Mauer funeral home. Survivors are his wife, Ruth, and a son, both of Le Mars. There are two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Harold (Fairy) Mulford, Kingsley, and a brother, James Paulin, Le Mars. He was preceded in death by a son, John, a brother and two sisters. The family request memorials be directed to the Heart Fund. ~source: LeMars Sentinel ~Note: The year of death penned on the obituary is 1970.”^S1

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} E.O. (Bud) Paulin Obituary, in Le Mars Daily Sentinel (Le Mars, Iowa)
   1970.

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2. ↑ Plymouth, Iowa, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   [2].
3. ↑ Cherokee, Iowa, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   [3].
4.   Plymouth, Iowa, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
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5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Photo of gravestone [5].
6.   Plymouth County, Iowa Message Board (Ancestry.com)
   13 Aug 2000.