Joyce Ann (Buck) Rackaway of the Good Samaritan Society Hays, KS (formerly of Mt. Vernon Illinois and South Bend Indiana) died at 8:55 p.m on Sunday December 26 2010 at Hays Medical Center. She was born March 19 1929 to Jesse Alonzo "Jack" and Beatrice (Wickey) Buck in South Bend, Indiana. She attended Indiana University and was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She worked for Indiana Bell in Indianapolis before moving to Mt. Vernon Illinois. She was married to William C. "Chap" Rackaway in Mt. Vernon Illinois on January 26, 1957 until his passing on November 24, 1983. She lived in Mount Vernon and Sarasota, FL until 2008, when she moved to Hays KS to be near family. Joyce enjoyed travel, having visited five continents in her life. She was fond of social gatherings, especially ones involving vodka gimlets. Joyce was a lifelong golfer and exercise aficionado. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers Wayne and Jack Junior; and two sisters Mardelle Brunengraber and Valda Grounds. She is survived by one son, Chapman Rackaway, wife Andrea, and granddaughter Madison Crees, all of Hays Kansas; three nieces Dixie Rospopo and Shelley Buck, both of South Bend Indiana and Sharon Oveson of Greeneville North Carolina as well as many close friends. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday December 31, 2010 at Newell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon presided over by Pastor Annelle Ruemmler. Interment will follow at the Oakwood Cemetery in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Visitation will be held on Friday from noon to until service time at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the United Methodist Children's Home, 2023 Richview Rd. Mount Vernon, IL 62864. You may contact Newell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon at 618-246