Patricia Lorene Ward Buck, 80, who was active in patriotic and genealogical organizations, died of bladder cancer Sept. 14 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She had lived in University Park since 1957. Mrs. Buck held offices and chairmanships with the D.C. Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was regent of its Fort McHenry chapter. She also served in local, state and national offices as a senior leader with the Children of the American Revolution patriotic organization. Mrs. Buck belonged to Chapter IX of the Colonial Dames of America, the Blue Grass chapter of the Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Dames of the Court of Honor, Daughters of American Colonists, D.C. Society of the Daughters of the War of 1812 and the Order of the Crown in America. She was born in Clarksburg, W.Va., and raised in Latonia, Ky., and Washington, where she graduated from Central High School in 1943. She attended Mary Washington College and George Washington University, where she was a member of Chi Omega social sorority. In 1945, she married James Marshall Buck, an Air Force officer, and for the next 12 years she accompanied him on his various military assignments. He retired as a lieutenant colonel. In addition to her husband, of University Park, survivors include a son, James Marshall Buck II of Memphis; a daughter, ToddBrookes Buck of College Park; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. (Published in The Washington Post 9/18/2005)
Patricia Lorene Ward Buck, 80, who was active in patriotic and genealogical organizations, died of bladder cancer Sept. 14 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She had lived in University Park since 1957. Mrs. Buck held offices and chairmanships with the D.C. Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was regent of its Fort McHenry chapter. She also served in local, state and national offices as a senior leader with the Children of the American Revolution patriotic organization. Mrs. Buck belonged to Chapter IX of the Colonial Dames of America, the Blue Grass chapter of the Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Dames of the Court of Honor, Daughters of American Colonists, D.C. Society of the Daughters of the War of 1812 and the Order of the Crown in America. She was born in Clarksburg, W.Va., and raised in Latonia, Ky., and Washington, where she graduated from Central High School in 1943. She attended Mary Washington College and George Washington University, where she was a member of Chi Omega social sorority. In 1945, she married James Marshall Buck, an Air Force officer, and for the next 12 years she accompanied him on his various military assignments. He retired as a lieutenant colonel. In addition to her husband, of University Park, survivors include a son, James Marshall Buck II of Memphis; a daughter, ToddBrookes Buck of College Park; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. (Published in The Washington Post 9/18/2005)
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