JOE BUCK

© Published in Enid, OK. News

Sat., April 22, 2006

Submitted by: Sylva Rhodes

JOE BUCK

The funeral for Phillip Joe Buck, 82, of Cherokee, will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Cherokee First Christian Church. The Revs. Diana Pruitt and Gail Edmison will officiate. Burial will be in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery with military honors by the Marine Corps. Arrangements are by Goodwin Funeral Home, Cherokee.

He was born March 14, 1924, southeast of Aline, to Fred E. and Bessie Holmden Buck and died Friday, April 21, 2006, at Cherokee Manor.

He attended Aline and Carmen schools. He enlisted in the Marines April 6, 1943, serving in the Asiatic Pacific area, Hawaiian Islands, Marianas Islands, New Guinea, Volcano Islands and Philippines. He served at Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima and participation in the liberation of the Philippines. He received an honorable discharge as corporal Dec. 3, 1945.

He married Betty Oakley Feb. 1, 1947, in Hutchinson, Kan. They made their home south of Cherokee in Prairie Valley. He was a farmer, rancher and cattle buyer

He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Prairie Valley Church, India Shrine, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Enid Moose Lodge, American Legion and 4th Marine Division and a charter member of the World War II Memorial.

Surviving are his wife, Betty of the home; one son, Jim Buck of Carmen; one daughter, Susan Myers of Edmond; two brothers, Billy Buck and Freddie Buck, both of Cherokee; one sister Jean Hague of Cherokee; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Hospice Circle of Love, activity center at Cherokee Manor or Cherokee Ambulance Fund.

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