John S. Buckley

John S. (Jack) Buckley, 82 SCARBOROUGH -- John S. (Jack) Buckley, 82, died at Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough, on Feb. 8, 2009. He was born in Wilmington, Del., the son of Edward S. Buckley and Alice Satterthwait. He graduated from Episcopal Academy (Merion, Pa.) in 1943 with Highest Honour. At Episcopal he was, at 16, the captain of the undefeated 1942 football team, which also held all opponents scoreless. Having joined the Navy, he was diverted from Cornell to Stevens Institute of Technology, from which he received a bachelor of Science degree in 1946 and a Mechanical Engineering degree in 1947. He served in the Navy as a Lieutenant (J.G.) and was married in 1949 to Elizabeth R. Grimm. He obtained an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and worked for First Boston Corporation for 27 years, rising to the position of Managing Director. After living in Strafford, Pa. and Berwyn, Pa. the Buckley family moved to Darien, Conn., in 1962, where Jack was a Director and Golf Chairman at Wee Burn Country Club. While in Darien he obtained a pilot's license and loved to fly his Rockwell Commander. In 1989 Jack and Betsey moved to Prout's Neck. He belonged to Prout's Neck Country Club, where he was a Director and Chairman of the Golf Committee. He was also a member of the PNA and the Prout's Neck Yacht Club. He became a member of The American Society of Golf Course Raters (USGA) and enjoyed rating courses throughout Maine. He sat on the Scarborough Board of Education for six years and was on the Board of Directors of the Animal Refuge League. He also was very involved in his church, St. Nicholas Episcopal Church of Scarborough, from its founding in 1988. Jack and his wife, Betsey, had six children: John S. Jr., Douglas, and Lydia Buckley Whipple, all of Colorado, and Elizabeth and Daniel of Maine. Lucie Buckley Filmer of Switzerland passed away in Scarborough on Feb. 10, 2009. Survivors include his wife; five children; 11 grandchildren one great-grandchild; and his sister Alison Henderson of Wayne, Pa. In lieu of flowers please send contributions in Jack's memory to: Animal Refuge League P.O. Box 336 Westbrook, Maine 04092 or Gosnell Hospice House 1 Hunnewell Rd. Scarborough, Maine 04074 John S. (Jack) Buckley