Neale G. Buck

     RYDER, Thaxter H., 81, PRESQUE ISLE, at Caribou, January 5, 2014. A graveside service will be held in the spring at Johnson Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.

    PRESQUE ISLE – Neale G. Buck, 80, passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2013, at Cary Medical Center in Caribou. He was born on May 13, 1933, in Bangor, the son of Chester Buck and Iris (Bryson) Tuttle. 
    Neale served two years in the U.S. Army in France and Germany. He was a graduate of the University of Maine, Gorham, and State Teachers College in Presque Isle. He taught Industrial Arts at SAD#1 and also served as Vocational Director for a number of years, retiring after 33 years. Neale owned and operated Buck’s Market and Mapleton Market for a number of years. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, loved working in his wood pile, and loved his camp at Squa Pan Lake.
    He is survived by his wife, Maxine (Shaw) Buck of Presque Isle; his seven children and their spouses, Susan and Dave Blanchard of Gray, Dale Buck and his partner, Ann Randall of Presque Isle, Rhonda and Todd Embelton of Squa Pan Lake, Lorraine and Michael Bochman of New Bedford, Mass., Dana and Penny Buck of Presque Isle, Kathleen and Alan Clair of Squa Pan Lake, Priscilla and Philip Roberts of Bennington, NH; 16 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.
    Neale was predeceased by his parents, and brothers, David, Harley and Leigh.
    Friends called 12 Noon, Thursday, January 2, 2014, until time of service at Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle, where funeral services were held at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Raymond Morency officiating. Spring interment with Military honors will be at North Main Street Catholic Cemetery, Presque Isle. Donations may be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society, Maine Chapter, 1 Bowdoin Mill Island, Topsham, ME 04086. Online condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com.