Anne K. Buck's Obituary
Anne Knuths Buck, 90, of Ames, Iowa, died Saturday, December 3, 2022. Services will be held Thursday, December 15, at 2:30 p.m. at Collegiate Presbyterian Church, 159 Sheldon Ave, Ames (the same Church where she and her future husband, Bob Buck, met as 5 year olds, and were married there as 19 year olds). A private burial will be held at the Ames Municipal Cemetery. Anne was born February 4, 1932, in her family home, the 13th of 14 children born to M. E. & M. F. Knuths. She attended Welch School from kindergarten through 9th grade, graduating from Ames High School in 1950. Bob and Anne were married August 24, 1951. After Bob's 1954 graduation from I.S.U., they spent the next two years at Ft. McClellan in Alabama and Fort Lewis in Washington while Bob served in the Army Chemical Corps. They returned to Ames, and in 1961 started Buck Construction Co., Inc. They worked together in the business with Anne serving as V.P., Sec., bookkeeper & interior decorator for 37 years. She has been a member of the Collegiate Presbyterian Church her whole life and also a member of Chapter HN PEO, Mary Greeley Hospital Auxiliary, Ames Homebuilders Auxiliary, and Ames High Parent Advisory Council. She is survived by her sons Bruce (Charla) Buck of Osprey, FL, and Steven Buck, Ames, IA, a daughter, Lisa Marino, Ames, IA, and two grandchildren, Robby (Marissa) Marino of Glendale, CA, and Elisabeth Marino of Ames, IA, and 33 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Robert O. Buck, four brothers, Keith, Carrol, Bob and Mike Knuths, and nine sisters, Cleo, Connie & Thelma Knuths, Carita McCullough, Clare Webster, Ione Smith, Ruth Paddock, Winnefred Butson and Darlene Walton. Anne was proud to be a lifelong Iowan. She was grateful for all of life's blessings and regularly expressed her gratitude. She rejoiced in quality time with family and friends, gardening, butterflies, nature, demonstrating her creativity and sharing with others through art. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be donated to the Collegiate Presbyterian Church, Ames History Museum or Reiman Gardens. Online condolences may be directed to www.grandonfuneralandcremationcare.com
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