Worth County IA Archives Obituaries.....Buck, Grace July 20, 1971
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Northwood Anchor, July 8, 1971
GRACE MELLEM BUCK, 1895-1971

Mrs. Storey (Grace Mellem) Buck, who died in Spokane, Wash., June 20, 1971, 
after a long illness, was born August 9, 1895 near Northwood, the youngest 
child of Ole and Nellie Vigen Mellem.  Her father was the first white child 
born in Worth county.

She grew up in this area, graduated from Northwood high school in 1914 and 
State Teachers college, Cedar Falls, in 1920.  She taught in the schools of 
Worth county and at Manly and Mason City.  In 1926 she went to Spokane, Wash., 
where she taught in the public schools for many years, as a regular teacher, 
as a substitute during her mar-riage and later again as a regular teacher.

She was married to Storey Buck, who was the mining editor of the Spokane Daily 
Chronicle until his death in 1953.

Mrs. Buck was a member of the Central Lutheran church, the Retired Teachers 
Association, the Lutheran Service Volunteer Group, the Association of 
University Women, was a life honorary member of the Northwest Mining 
Association and an honorary member of the Washington County Parents and 
Teachers.

She is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Ruth Ehmann, Yugoslavia, Mrs. Richard 
Carrier, Maryland, two nephews, Horace Mellem, Michigan; George Hauge, 
Washington, D.C.  She was the sister of the late Gaylord and Ralph Mellem and 
Mrs. Nettie Hauge.

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