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Buckallew, Earl 'Buck' Sr.
Earl “Buck” Buckallew, Sr., 67, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, May 6, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Memorial services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include two sons, Dennis (Brandy) Pollock and Earl (Kim Kruse) Buckallew, Jr., both of Cedar Rapids; two daughters, Loretta (Robert) Curtis of Cedar Rapids and Valerie Johnson of Missouri; brother, Bill (Robin) Buckallew, and special nephew, Tom Buckallew, both of Cedar Rapids; and 18 grandchildren.
Earl was born January 17, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, the son of Walter and Alice (Fields) Buckallew.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and significant other, Janice Buckallew-Pollock.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
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