William T. "Buck" Wehrbein

DATE OF BIRTH: February 7, 1932 Place of Birth: Murray, Nebraska

DATE OF DEATH: March 22, 2014 Place of Death: Amarillo, Texas

The family will receive friends from 5-7 pm Monday March 24 at the funeral home

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with Reverend Hugh Daniels officiating. Arrangements are by Memorial Park Funeral Directors.

William, a retired cowboy and cattleman, was born February 7, 1932, eight miles west of Murray, Nebraska to Victor and Julia Wehrbein. Buck was a follower of Jesus since February 1977. He moved to the Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle in 1969 and lived and worked in feedlot management, cattle buying, and cowboying in this area. He was active in cowboy poetry since 1991. Buck married Yvonne Meador on January 6, 1991.

William was preceded in death by his parents, and a grandson, William S. Wehrbein, Jr.

William is survived by his wife, his daughter, Vicky Hungerford and husband John of Portland, OR; his daughter, Karen Bartholomew and husband Bart of Teaneck, NJ; a son, William S. Wehrbein and wife Sandy of Waterloo,NE; a son, Michael A. Wehrbein of Sue Saint Marie, MI; 9 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to Faith City Mission, 401 SE 2nd Avenue, Amarillo, Texas, 79101.