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Eldon Wallace Buck 1914-1991

BUCK, OLSON, HENDRICKS, WHITING, NELSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 11/21/2012 at 19:35:02

Eldon Buck
Estherville – Services for Eldon Wallace Buck, 77, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Chapel in Estherville with the Rev. David Wendel officiating. Interment will be in East Side Cemetery with military graveside rites by American Legion Post No. 91 and V.F.W. Post 3388.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 3-9 p.m. Thursday.

He was born June 30, 1914 at Sioux Rapids, the son of Henry and Evalena (Hendricks) Buck. He attended Havelock School. On Nov. 17, 1934 he married Ruth Olson at Havelock. He had lived in Havelock, Rolfe and Graettinger before moving to Estherville in 1953. He worked at Tobin Packing Co. later John Morrell and Co. for 21 years. He retired in 1974. He was a member of United Methodist Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3388. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Survivors include his wife Ruth; two sons: Richard, Spearfish, S.D. and Melvin of Estherville; two daughters: Mrs. Keith (Geraldine) Whiting and Mrs. Gerry (Judith) Nelson, Estherville; 11 grandchildren; one brother, Lawrence, Spencer.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother and one sister. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, December 4, 1991)


 

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