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Bernard “Buck” Colestock

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Birth	:	27 Aug 1923 Brown County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	2 Mar 2016 Oakes, Dickey County, North Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Hecla City Cemetery, Hecla, Brown County, USA
Coordinate	:	45.8781040, -98.1623630
Description	:	The funeral for Bernard “Buck” Colestock, longtime Hecla area rancher, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 5, 2016 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hecla. Rev. Gwen Mader will officiate and interment will be in the Hecla Cemetery under the direction of the Price Funeral Chapel of Britton. Buck passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at the Oakes Good Samaritan Center at the age of 92. Bernard F. “Buck” Colestock was born August 27, 1923 on the family homestead four miles east of Hecla, SD to Frank and Anne (Kenny) Colestock. As a youngster, he grew up there and attended rural Brown... Read More	The funeral for Bernard “Buck” Colestock, longtime Hecla area rancher, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 5, 2016 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hecla. Rev. Gwen Mader will officiate and interment will be in the Hecla Cemetery under the direction of the Price Funeral Chapel of Britton. Buck passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at the Oakes Good Samaritan Center at the age of 92. Bernard F. “Buck” Colestock was born August 27, 1923 on the family homestead four miles east of Hecla, SD to Frank and Anne (Kenny) Colestock. As a youngster, he grew up there and attended rural Brown County schools. After completing his education, Buck took up what was to be nearly a lifelong career as a rancher. He had two great loves in his life – the first was Gerry, and the second was Claudette. In 1952, Buck was united in marriage with Geraldine “Gerry” (Rhonish) Sullivan. He became an instant father to her three children: Donna, Larry and Lee. They made their home on the Colestock Ranch. Gerry passed away in 1985. On January 22, 1988 Bernard married Claudette (Westphal) Ford Bender. Although her four sons, Michael, Scott, Steve and Bruce were not youngsters, they all formed a strong family bond. Claudette and Buck lived on the ranch where Buck continued to work until failing health made it necessary to move to Oakes Good Samaritan Center in July of 2014. Buck was a rancher, first, foremost and always. He was well known for his excellent bloodline of Charolais Cattle, which had been shipped as far away as Canada and Mexico. He and Claudette attended many cattle and bull sales. While others found pleasure in leisure time, Buck found his greatest happiness in working. Over the years, he had cleaned up and leveled eleven farmsites. In his younger days, he was a great horseman. He won the State Champion Cutting Horse competition in 1958. He was an avid Minnesota Twins fan, loved to go dancing and always had an Ole and Lean joke ready to share with anyone who would listen. He had been a member of the Hecla United Methodist Church and also belonged to the Charolais Association. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Claudette Colestock; her four sons: Michael (Roxanne) Ford, Scott (Margaret) Ford, Steve (Dixie) Ford, Bruce (Brenda) Ford; Gerry’s family: Donna (Chuck) Buntin, Lee “Tink” (Sheila) Sullivan; eleven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; a sister, Dorothy Gerken, and a number of nieces, nephews and their families. Preceding him in death were his parents, his first wife, Gerry; her son, Larry Sullivan; three sisters: Irene Gimble, Loretta Pfutzenreuter and Viola Shilhanek; a daughter-in-law, Johanna Ford and Claudette’s young son, Bradley Ford. Adapted from Price Funearly Chapel obituary

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Bernard “Buck” Colestock's memorial is located at: Hecla City Cemetery, Hecla, Brown County, USA.
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Bernard “Buck” Colestock death on 2 Mar 2016 in Oakes, Dickey County, North Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 45.8781040
Longitude: -98.1623630

Family Members:

Parent

Frank J Colestock

(1883 - 1965)

Ann J. Kenny Colestock

(1899 - 1995)

Spouse

Geraldine “Gerry” Rhonish Colestock

(1916 - 1985)

Siblings

Dorothy F. Colestock Gerken

(1917 - 2019)

Loretta Colestock Pfutzenreuter

(1922 - 2011)

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