This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Buck, Shafer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VYG.2ACIB/1303 Message Board Post: Roy J. Buck, 105 (years), of 401 Ninth St. Lacon(Illinois) died at 11a.m. Aug. 11, 2003 in St. Joseph Nursing Home Lacon. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Lacon Cemetery. The Rev. John Eisfelder will officiate. Cremation rites were accorded and the ashes will be interred. There will be no visitation. Lenz Memorial Home, Lacon, is in charge of arrangements. Mr Buck was born July 21, 1898, in rural Washburn (Illinois) to Willis M. and Lucinda F. (Shafer) Buck. He married Eunice M. Ford on Feb 26, 1924, in Lacon. She died Nov. 16, 2001. He owned and operated Buck Trucking Service in Lacon and Lacon Riverview Cafe and Fillin Station. Later he and his wife worked as custodians at First National Bank of Lacon before retiring. Survivors are one son, Duane (Connie) Buck of Sedona, Ariz; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife. Memorials may be directed to St. Joseph Nursing Home. This is not a realitive of mine. I saw it in our local paper. 105 yrs old. Wow!. The paper was News Tribune in LaSalle, Illinois. Lacon would be in a different county then the paper. It is near Peoria, Ill. The date of the paper was Fri, Aug. 15, 2003. Hope this helps someone.