Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home

Dear Darlene and Family, I was so sorry to learn of your loss. Although I'd not seen either of you in a number of years, I remember Bucky's time in my karate classes with a smile and great fondness. I'm still teaching martial arts, with 18 of my black belts we run 8 dojos throughout Aroostook county and Canada and this is my 47th year. To this day I tell stories of past students and Bucky takes center stage in several! When we would get ready to point spar everyone would get into their fighting gear. Bucky would take twice as long as everyone else because he had a huge selection of protective gear: boots, gloves, head gear, elbow pads, knee pads, shin pads, forearm pads, etc. He looked a bit like the Pillsbury Doughboy and we would tease him a bit. He always had the last laugh however, he never got injured while the rest of us got regularly bruised, and banged up. Bucky will be missed, but he will surely be remembered. A great student and friend. My deepest sympathy. Bill Graves