Melvin L. Buck 1943-1995

BUCK, SOPER, OLSEN, SCHACHERER, PAINTER, WHITING, NELSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 4/30/2012 at 21:34:09

Melvin Buck
Estherville – Services for Melvin L. Buck, 51, of Estherville will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Union Baptist Church with Pastor Brian Perry and Pastor Dan Swanson officiating. Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Estherville. He died Friday, October 20, 1995, at his home in Estherville.

Visitation will be held from 4 pm. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville.

He was born November 16, 1943 in Rolfe, the son of Eldon and Ruth (Olsen) Buck. He received his education in the Estherville and the Graettinger schools. He was united in marriage to Judith Soper on March 23, 1965 in Redwood Falls, Minn.

The couple lived most of their married life in Estherville where he was employed by the City of Estherville and Arts-Way in Armstrong. He was later employed at McQuays and Crystal Tips in Spirit Lake and most recently at Cycle Country in Milford. He was a member of the Union Baptist Church in Estherville.

He is survived by his wife, Judy, of Estherville; two daughters, Julie Schacherer of Estherville and Carol Painter of Britt; one son, Paul Buck of Estherville; two sisters, Geraldine Whiting of Estherville and Judy Nelson of Estherville; one brother, Richard Buck of Rawlings, Wy., and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father, Eldon. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, October 23, 1995)