Joyce A. (Buck) Rackaway
March 19, 1929 - Dec. 26, 2010

SOUTH BEND - Joyce Ann (Buck) Rackaway, 81, of the Good Samaritan Society, Hays, KS (formerly of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and South Bend, Indiana) died at 8:55 p.m. on Sunday, December 26, 2010, in the Hays Medical Center. She was born March 19 1929, to Jesse Alonzo "Jack" and Beatrice (Wickey) Buck in South Bend, Indiana.

She attended Indiana University and was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She worked for Indiana Bell in Indianapolis before moving to Mt. Vernon, Illinois. She was married to William C. "Chap" Rackaway in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, on January 26, 1957, until his passing on November 24, 1983. She lived in Mount Vernon and Sarasota, FL, until 2008 when she moved to Hays, KS, to be near family. Joyce enjoyed travel, having visited five continents in her life. She was fond of social gatherings, especially ones involving vodka gimlets. Joyce was a lifelong golfer and exercise aficionado. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers, Wayne and Jack Junior, and two sisters, Mardelle Brunengraber and Valda Grounds.

She is survived by one son, Chapman Rackaway, wife Andrea, and granddaughter, Madison Crees, all of Hays, Kansas; three nieces, Dixie Rospopo and Shelley Buck, both of South Bend, Indiana, and Sharon Oveson of Greeneville, North Carolina, as well as many close friends.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, December 31, 2010, at Newell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon, presided over by Pastor Annelle Ruemmler. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Visitation will be held on Friday from noon to until service time at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the United Methodist Children's Home, 2023 Richview Road, Mount Vernon, IL 62864. 

Published in South Bend Tribune on December 28, 2010

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