Individual Details

Edwin Merle ("Buster") Painter was born 5 January 1908, Bakersfield, California. He attended and graduated from Stanford University. He worked for Hughes Aircraft as an aeronautical engineer in charge of the landing gear hydraulics on the "Spruce Goose," the legnedary brainchild of Hughes founder, Howard Hughes. He retired in 1964 and moved to Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California.

Buster married Thelma McKee on 11 June 1932 in Bakersfield. Thelma died 8 May 1993 in Santa Barbara, California, and Buster died there on 28 August 1993.

There was one child born of the marriage.

Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, March 13, 2018.

Birth	5 Jan 1908	Bakersfield, Kern Co., California
Birth	5 Jan 1908
Marriage	11 Jun 1932	Bakersfield, Kern Co., California - Thelma McKee
Death	28 Aug 1993	Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California
Alt name		Edwin Painter
Burial		Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California

Spouse	Thelma McKee (1907 - 1993)
Child	Alice Louise Painter (1936 - )

Father	Charles Clyde Painter (1874 - 1945)
Mother	Louella Kirkpatrick (1878 - 1969)
Sibling	Emily Elizabeth Painter (1910 - 1989)