J. Frank Buehler, 88, died December 5, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 14, 1919 at Bushton, Kansas, the son of John Alfred and Freda Caroline (Post) Buehler. He was a graduate of Claflin High School. Mr. Buehler was a United States Army veteran of World War II. He married Claire Geraldine Malvey June 14, 1946 at Ladue, Missouri. She died April 15, 2006. A lifetime resident of Claflin, living in Great Bend since 2006, Mr. Buehler owned and operated Buehler's A. G. Market from 1946 to 1984. He was the 113th District State Representative to the Kansas State House from 1982 to 1990. Mr. Buehler was a member of Claflin United Methodist Church; United Methodist Men; American Legion Argonne Post 180, Great Bend; Claflin Veterans of Foreign Wars; a fifty-year member of the Claflin Lions Club, past president of the Kansas Association of Meat Processors; and past president of the American Association of Meat Processors from 1978 to 1979. Survivors include two sons: John M. Buehler and wife, Susan, Baldwin City, Kansas; and Jere Buehler and wife, Bonnie, Claflin, Kansas; one daughter, Clarice B. Miller and husband, Mark, Denver, Colorado; one sister, Ruth Ware Koelzer, Fort Collins, Colorado; six grandchildren: Gretchen Bixler, T. J. Buehler, B. J. Buehler, Heath Buehler, Tim Pflughoeft, and Jeremy Pflughoeft; and six great-grandchildren: Claire Buehler, Jackson Buehler, Brooklyn Buehler, Bailee Buehler, Keeley Pflughoeft, and Benjamin Pflughoeft. Mr. Buehler was preceded in death by two brothers, Karl Buehler and Paul Buehler; one grandson, Joel Buehler; and one great-grandson, Lane Pflughoeft. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at Claflin United Methodist Church with the Reverend Gene Langhofer officiating. Burial with military rites by the Fort Riley Honor Guard will be in Claflin Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 9, 2008, with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials in Mr. Buehler's name are requested to the Claflin United Methodist Church or Claflin E. M. S., both in care of the funeral home.