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Chuck Buck, Buck Knives, 78, RIP

Buck Knives chairman Chuck Buck is shown in October 2011 giving a tour of the plant in Post Falls. Buck died in his sleep of congestive heart failure Friday evening surrounded by his family. He was 78. (SR file photo: Kathy Plonka)

Friends and loved ones of Chuck Buck fondly remember him as a man of integrity and immense generosity. "Chuck was a man that was a very successful businessman, but never forgot what his responsibility was on this Earth," said Ron Nilson, one of Buck's many friends and business colleagues. "I can guarantee that when he entered Heaven, he was greeted with a 'Good job, my loyal servant.'" Buck, chairman of Buck Knives, died in his sleep of congestive heart failure Friday evening, surrounded by his entire family. He was 78. Buck's son, CJ Buck, said his father was deeply committed to caring for others and was innately a generous person/Devin Heilman, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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