LEWISTON – R. Gilbert Buckley, 82, a resident of Route 106, Leeds, died Sunday morning, June 26, at Central Maine Medical Center, where he had been a patient.
He was born on April 4, 1923, in Leeds, the son of Guy Gilbert and Gladys (Canwell) Buckley. He attended school in Leeds and was a 1940 graduate of Leavitt Institute. In 1942, he graduated from Bliss Business College in Lewiston.
On Sept. 30, 1950, in East Monmouth, he married Constance Smith of Monmouth, they made their home and raised a family in Leeds.
He was the owner and operator of Buckley Farms, in Leeds, working as a farmer and cattle dealer, retiring in 1999.
He was a selectman for the town of Leeds for one year and a member of the Leeds Community Church.
He is survived by his wife of Constance of Leeds; a son, Dwight Buckley and his wife, Audrey, of Leeds; a daughter, Sharon Leslie Buckley of Auburn; grandchildren, Aaron James Buckley and Brett Gilbert Buckley; a brother, Raymond C. Buckley and his wife, Dorothy, of Lansing, N.Y.
He was predeceased by a brother, Russell Buckley.
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