- Date Of Birth: February 26, 1946
- Date Of Death: January 6, 2022
- State: Maine
Born in Bath on February 26, 1946, Rob was the second son of Dr. Leonardo Edgar and Letitia E. (Lee) Buck. As an active youth, Rob enjoyed many athletic and outdoor activities including football, baseball, basketball, and golf. He was a two-time Maine Schoolboy golf champion, received four high school athletic letters, was captain of the Morse High School football and golf teams.
Rob graduated from Morse High in 1964, attended Rollins College in Florida, and was drafted into the Navy where he received the American Spirit Honor Medal. He served aboard the USS WASP (CVS-18) during Vietnam and played on the All-Navy Golf team. In 1968, Robert married the former Jean C. Hollings of Toms River, NJ.
He was a selectman for the Town of Woolwich for 12 years and Chairman of the Board. Rob coached YMCA and Woolwich Central School basketball, Bath Little League and Babe Ruth baseball. He won numerous golf tournaments, gave countless golf lessons to people of all ages and would often be found as a timer at the end of a lane at his children’s Long Reach Swim Club meets. He was a member of the Bath Area YMCA, Bath Golf Course, Bath Historical Society, Grace Episcopal Church, Bath Lodge of Elks, and the Boy Scouts.
Robert is survived by his wife, Jean of Woolwich; a daughter Jennifer, her husband David Bunge and their children Christian, Schuyler and Phoebe of Cohasset, MA; a son, Jonathan Buck and his wife Jessica and their children Madelyn, Jameson, Broderick and Grayden of Hampden, ME; a brother, Christopher Buck and his wife Gail of Florida, and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his younger brother, Bruce Buck.
