Obituaries

KENNY BUSCHER

Kenneth (Kenny) Meinard Buscher, 81, passed away peacefully on July 29, 2020, surrounded by his loving wife and daughters. He was born on March 2, 1939 to Henry and Agnes Buscher as the first of three children.

Kenny was raised in the town of Franklin on the family’s cattle ranch until he and his wife moved to Bonanza, Ore., in May 1999, where they purchased their own cattle ranch. Poor health required them to sell their ranch and return to California in December.

Kenny was preceded in death by his parents, and is survived by his wife Dianne; daughters Cindy (Jack) Martin and Annette (Tony) Merola; grandchildren Jack (Lisa) Martin, Alec Martin, Stacey (Jason) Hogge and Brandon (Kristie) Merola; sister Yvonne (Richard) Bonacci and brother Dennis Busche; plus four awesome great grandchildren.

While in high school, he was active in FFA and won numerous awards with his Ayrshire cattle. He enjoyed working with his daughters while they were in both 4-H and FFA showing their herd of Shorthorn cattle.

During his senior year in high school, he met the love of his life, Dianne. They were married on Sept. 24, 1961 and enjoyed over 58 years together.

Graveside services were held at the Franklin Cemetery on Aug. 6. Contributions in Kenny’s name may be made to the Wayne Heintz Memorial Scholarship, Elk Grove Regional Scholarship Foundation (P.O. Box 2021, Elk Grove, CA 95759).

DAVID CAETANO David Michael Caetano, 36, of Visalia passed away July 1 after a valiant battle with melanoma. David was born Nov. 1, 1983 to Joey and Alice Caetano, then of Hanford. He attended Waukena Elementary School in Tulare and graduated from Tulare Western High School in 2001 and went on to study at College of the Sequoias. Throughout David’s youth he could usually be found riding dirt bikes and motocross racing but after high school he hung up his helmet and found a passion and love for ranching and horses. From crops to cattle, there wasn’t much about agriculture he hadn’t been involved in. He worked on the family dairy for many years but for that last six years he also worked as a farm manager overseeing walnuts for Souza Ranches.

David is survived by his parents, Joey and Alice Caetano; 14-year-old daughter Haeliegh; brother Richard and his wife Cecile, and their children Evan, Avery and Clara; brother Brian, his wife Nicole and their children 84 California Cattleman September2020 PRESTON KAISER

Longtime Livermore resident Preston Kaiser passed away after a courageous battle with cancer at 77 years old.

Preston was born in Santa Barbara, then moved to Livermore with his family. He attended Inman and Green school with his two brothers, G.C. and Eugene. He left Livermore High School at age 16 to work for Sunset Homes as a laborer. He learned to be a carpenter and pour concrete, and he worked for Robles Concrete for many years, finishing and setting forms.

Preston was also a bartender at the Livermore bars - whenever he was tending the bar, they were always full. He had many of friends and was always fun to be around.

He worked as a cowboy for several ranches, working cattle and fixing fences. He was a horse shoer and would ride the young colts for N-3 Cattle Co. He loved that cowboy life - no electricity or running water was just how he liked it. He always had dogs, and he had the same horse for more than 30 years (named) old Wall Street. That horse was the first thing he would ask about every morning.

Preston liked shooting guns and throwing knives. He made a lot of his knives and could throw them pretty good. He loved to draw, mostly faces. Any flat surface would have a face drawn on it - doors, tables or windows. He carved many figures out of wood stumps and scraps of lumber and decorated his yard with them.

He was his own man and a one-of-a-kind friend. Everybody that knew Preston admired his personality.

His daughter, Isa (Tom) Haase and two grandchildren survive him. His many friends and their children made his family larger than anything, Uncle Preston. He will never be forgotten and there will always be a story about Preston.

Gavin, Talia and Jaxon; girlfriend Samantha Hilvers; grandparents Joe and Mary Caetano and grandmother Alice Cardoza; as well as a large network of friends and family too numerous to mention.

David was preceded in death by grandfather Frank Cardoza.

Services for David were held July 7 and July 8 in Tulare with a private burial at the North Tulare Public Cemetery.

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