Orvey Buck

ORVEY CLYDE BUCK

Orvey Clyde Buck, age 97, of Rockford, IL, passed away quietly on Friday, July 17, 2009, in Rockford Illinois.

He was born March 7, 1912 in Clark County, MO, near St. Patrick, a son of Orvey Clayton and Jenny Pearl Jones Buck.

Starting life on a small farm near St. Patrick, Missouri, he moved with his family to Kahoka in 1918, a place he called home even after starting his own family. Clyde was the third of six children: George Amos, Myrta Mae, Orvey Clyde, Naomi Pearl, John (Jack) Dwight, and Harry Quentin Buck. After his fathers passing, Clyde preferred to use his first name, Orvey.

Photography sustained him during the period from completion of high school until he joined the army in 1942. For two years he attended Culver-Stockton College at Canton, MO. In 1935, he was joined in wedlock to Florence Myrtle Brotherton of Ashton, Missouri. To this union were born three children: Joyce Eldene, Mary Jo, and Keith Edward.

During WWII, Clyde served his country with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, stationed on Okinawa. With the end of hostilities, he studied law at Drake University and subsequently opened a law practice at Keosauqua, IA. In Keosauqua, he enjoyed life. In particular he enjoyed his freedom: camping; fishing; hunting; meeting and helping people; politics; leading the Boy Scouts; his hobby farm; and most of all, his family. In 1970 he moved to a small farm near Lancaster, Missouri to serve as magistrate judge for Schuyler County, a position he held until retirement in 1978. In 1975 he was devastated by the loss of his son, Keith, and grandson, Jimmy, followed only too shortly in 1978 by the loss of his beloved wife, Florence.

Clyde married Nellie Reeves of Kirksville, MO, in 1980. They lived twenty years in Springfield, MO, until her death in 2002. During this period of retirement he traveled extensively and amused himself with writing poetry. In 2006, he moved to Loyalton Assisted Living, Rockford, IL, to be near his daughter, Mary Jo, who lovingly cared for him in declining years.

Surviving are two siblings; Naomi Reeves of Dallas, TX and Jack Buck of Olathe, KS; two daughters, Joyce (Stanley) Dellinger of Midland, TX and Mary Jo (Duane) Ingram of Rockford, IL; and, daughter-in-law, Janet Buck of Des Moines, IA; five grandchildren: Beth Edwards, Lowell and Brian Ingram, Keith Alan and David Buck; and, twelve great grand-

children. Clyde leaves behind also a number of nieces and nephews and their children. During his lifetime Clyde made many good friends and was known for assisting anyone who asked.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at 2 p.m. at the Kahoka Christian Church with Reverend Jacky Buck officiating.

Memorials were suggested to the Kahoka Cemetery or Culver Stockton College.

Burial was in the Kahoka Cemetery.