Vicky Lee Buck

1951 - 2026

Vicky Lee Buck

October 22, 1951 - February 5, 2026

Vicky Lee Buck, 74, of Moline, passed away February 5, 2026, at Silvis Center.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, February 12, 2026, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Burial will at the Rock Island National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Moline.

Vicky was born on October 22, 1951, in Moline, the daughter of Willian R. and Betty J. (Dettman) Carlstrom. She graduated from Moline High School, class of 1969. She married James O. Buck on June 19, 1990, in Rock Island. He preceded her in death on December 4, 2010. Vicky worked as a sales associate at Von Maur, Moline for 18 years. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. She loved her yearly family vacations to Biloxi, Miss., and New Orleans, seeing the old plantations. In her younger years, she was a professional dancer with Rudas Dance Troupe for four years, going to Japan, Canada and Nassau, Bahamas.

Survivors include her siblings, Gregg Carlstrom, Douglas (Carolyn) Carlstrom, Jackie (Kenneth) Brenner; many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews; stepchildren, Kim (Greg) Welch, Angie Gilbraith; step-grandchildren, Tyler, Nicholas, Nathan and Katie; and sister-in-law, Mary Jo (Norman) Schmelzer.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jim; sister, Karen Flowers; and nephew, William Flowers.

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