Georgia "Georgie" Marie Buck, 95, of Lacon passed away at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton on December 1, 2014 at 9:25 am. Born February 7, 1919 in a farmhouse outside Toluca, Illinois in Bennington Township to the late George and Marie Tidmarsh McCully, Georgia was the youngest of 3 girls, Edna Mae Zilm, Leona McClary of Metamora, and her.
She married Ralph Buck on June 7, 1940 at the Lacon Methodist Church. They had 1 son, Charles Forrest "Frosty".
Throughout her life she worked tirelessly as a farmwife and mother in rural Lacon as well as outside the home. Georgia worked as a bottler at Hiram Walker Distillery in Peoria for 7 years before going to work for the next 20 years at Metamora Woodworks.
Georgia is survived by her husband of 74 and one half years Ralph and her sister Leona. She was preceded by her son Charles.
Services will be held at 2pm on December 4th at Lenz Memorial Home in Lacon with Reverend Richard Kerr officiating. Visitation will be on Wednesday 5-7 pm also at Lenz Memorial. Burial will be in the Lacon Cemetery. Memorials can be made to The Henry Methodist Church. Online condolences can be left at lenzmemorialhome.com
Visitation
DEC
3.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (CST)
Lenz Memorial Home
823 Fifth Street
Lacon, IL 61540
Funeral Service
DEC
4.
2:00 PM (CST)
Lenz Memorial Home
823 Fifth Street
Lacon, IL 61540
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