Buck, Roscoe Harold (1930 – 2008)

BUCK, MATTHIESSEN, FRIES, BOCK, MCMORRAN, LANGER, WHANNELL, MORTENSEN, HAMILTON, RAASCH, BARTON

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 23:42:10

Name of deceased: Roscoe Harold Buck

Aged: 78 yrs, 2 mo, 13 days

Residence: Tennant, IA

Born: Feb. 25, 1930, rural Panama, IA

Died: May 8, 2008, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha,NE

Funeral services: Monday, May 12, 2008, Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; Jim Boardman officiated. Burial was in the Shelby Cemetery in Shelby, Iowa.

Survived by: Wife of 55 years, Loretta Buck of Tennant, IA; sons, Steve (spouse, Sue) Buck of Tennant, IA, Gerald (spouse, Kim) Buck of Shelby, IA, Dana Buck of Tennant, IA, and Gordon Buck of Portsmouth, IA; daughter, Connie (spouse, Tracey) McMorran of Bettendorf, IA; former daughter-in-law, Trudi Buck of Harlan, IA; sisters, Bessie Langer of Council Bluffs, IA, Mildred Whannell of Harlan, IA, Lois Mortensen of Harlan, IA, Alta Hamilton of San Antonio, TX, Vera (spouse, Wayne) Raasch of Harlan, IA, Edna Barton of Colorado Springs, CO, and Retha Buck of NY; brother, Robert (spouse, Aletha) Buck of Shelby, IA; 9 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 6 step-great-grandchildren; two step-great-great-grandchildren.

Predeceased by: parents, Roscoe August and Lillian Katherine (nee Matthiessen) Buck; brother, Lowell Buck; sister, Veta Bock

Education: Shelby (IA) schools

Military service: 1952 – 1954, U.S. Army, serving in the Korean War

Marriage: Loretta Mae Fries, October 18, 1952, First Presbyterian Church, Shelby, IA

Employment: After leaving school, he worked at the Avoca (IA) Alfalfa Mill and farmed. Following his discharge from the army, he returned to farming; he also worked many other agriculture-related jobs in Harlan, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: cared for a large garden; enjoyed being around horses, and had tended many cattle and horses through the years; he often participated in parades with his horse, Queenie, and an antique buggy. Member, Shelby Saddle Club. He also liked antique John Deere tractors.

Source: burmeisterjohannsen.com