Clinton Norris Buckingham

C. Norris Buckingham, 90, of Carson, IA, passed away on August 25, 2016 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 29, 2016 at the Wheeler Grove United Church of Christ, rural Carson. Interment with military honors will be in the Wheeler Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 28, 2016 at the Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson.

Memorials: directed to the family

Clinton Norris Buckingham was born on August 5, 1926 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, one of three children of Clinton O. and Harriot (Osler) Buckingham. Norris graduated from the Carson High School with the class of 1943. At the age of 16 he went into farming on the home place with his father. Besides farming they raised livestock and were noted for raising 3,000 turkeys in the spring.

In 1954, Norris married his wife of 62 A 1/2 years, Norma (Steffens) at the Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic, Iowa. They were blessed with four children, Keevan Lynn (Cindy); Craig Alan (Penny); Jeffrey Jay (Marcia); and Jolene Kay. In August of 1954 during the Korean War, Norris went into the United States Army where he was stationed in Munich, Germany. He returned to farming and took a course in advanced agriculture on farming. In 1975, he became a Real Estate Broker, but in later years had to retire from it, due to his macular degeneration. He served on the CM School Board from 1977-1980 and was part of the planning and construction of the current Riverside Middle School located in Carson. Norris and Norma remodeled and opened the Carson Country Store in 1983. In 1985, he graduated from the World Wide College in Auctioneering.

Norris was a long time member of the Wheeler Grove Church, served on many committees, and sang with the Wheeler Grove Gospel Singers choir. He loved to go on sight-seeing trips and visited many of the States during his travel with family. He loved the farm and was proud to live on their family Century farm.

Norris was preceded in death by his parents; sister Helen M. Miller; brother John E. Buckingham; sisters-in-law, Lois McDermott and Marcia Steffens; brothers-in-law, Jack G. Miller, Tom McDermott, and Terry Harris; and nephew Jack "Randy" Miller.

Norris is survived by his wife and their children; grandchildren, Clinton Buckingham, Anica Olson, Eric Buckingham, Ryan Buckingham, Maddie Buckingham, Maggie Buckingham, Cassie Peterson, Dawn Yrigollen, Traci Nimmo, Trisha Oberhoffer, Tiffany Dudley, Ryan Mace, and Michelle Hoskinson; 15 great grandchildren; and 2 great-great grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Mildred Harris and Dorothy Buckingham; brother-in-law Bernard Steffens; nieces, Janet Sumner, Beverly Wright, Mona Harris, Paula Harris, and Debbie Clausen and their families; nephews, Mike Harris, Kirk Harris, Stuart Buckingham, Rick McDermott, Jerry McDermott, and Scott Steffens and their families; and a host of friends.