Mary Buck

Mary A. Buck, 91, Logansport, died at 4:35 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, at Miller’s Merry Manor.

Born March 24, 1920, in Lynn County, Iowa, she was the daughter of Mathias and Alice Dudley Shaffer. She was married March 9, 1940, in Spencer’s Grove, Iowa, to John Harrison Buck, who preceded in death July 19, 1989.

Mary was a former bookkeeper for John Buck Plumbing. She was a homemaker and former school crossing guard.

She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in California for 40 years. She enjoyed volunteering a lot of her time to the “Someone Cares” program in the Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, Calif.

Surviving are sons, Robert L. Buck, Lucerne, Joseph Earl Buck and wife, Barbara, Logansport, and Paul Daniel Buck and wife, Marilyn, Saugus, Calif.; daughter, Emma Bjornstad and husband, Russell, Culver; 14 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one son, Leland J. Buck; five brothers; four sisters; and one great-granddaughter.

Services will be held at a later date in Lancaster, Calif. Burial will be in Joshua Memorial Park Cemetery, Lancaster, Calif.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Gundrum Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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