Joyce Dean Buck

JOYCE PASSED AWAY AT AUBURN RAVINE TERRACE IN AUBURN ON DECEMBER 30, 2023.

JOYCE WAS BORN AT HOME ON NOVEMBER 23,1940 IN THE SMALL TOWN OF AMITY ARKANSAS. SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF JOHN AND MAMIE EVANS 8 CHILDREN (3 BOYS AND 5 GIRLS) . JOYCE GRADUATED FROM AMITY HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE ENJOYED PLAYING CENTER ON THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM. AFTER GRADUATION JOYCE WENT TO WORK AT A GLOVE FACTORY WHERE SHE EARNED .85 CENTS AN HOUR.

IN MAY 1961 JOYCE MARRIED GERALD BUCK AND THEY MOVED TO FORESTHILL CALIFORNIA WHERE GERALD HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED EMPLOYMENT IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY. JOYCE FOUND EMPLOYMENT IN THE RESTAURANT AND GROCERY INDUSTRY. TOGETHER THEY RAISED 2 SONS IN FORESTHILL. HER FAVORITE THINGS TO DO WERE PLAYING BINGO AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY.

JOYCE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS AS WELL AS 6 OF HER SIBLINGS AND EX-HUSBAND GERALD BUCK.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER SUE WILSON, SONS CAREY BUCK (DENISE), ROSS BUCK (RHONDA), HER 5 GRANDCHILDREN THOMAS BUCK (AMANDA), CHRISTINA NOKES (ZAK), JOSHUA BUCK, ALYSSA BUCK AND TRAVIS BOLITHO (ABBY) AND HER 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

A PRIVATE BURIAL WILL BE HELD. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE PLANNED FOR A LATER DATE.