Wednesday, July 7, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Obituaries
Travis Napier
Mylon Lee Buck
November 29, 1983 – June 28, 2021
August 17, 1932-March 1, 2021
Travis Napier passed
away June 28. He was born
to Ted and Rhita Napier in
Atlanta, Ga on November
29, 1983. His family
returned to Oregon when
he was a young child and
he attended Sisters schools
starting in kindergarten and
graduating from Sisters
High School in 2002.
Travis loved spending
time at the family beach
shack and his love of the
ocean led him to a career
as a professional seaman.
He trained for two years at
Tongue Point in Astoria to
obtain his certifications. He
aspired to be a first mate
and was working on his sea-
time hours to achieve this.
Travis9 passions in life
were music, travel and lit-
erature. He lived his life
through these passions. At a
young age he discovered the
guitar and was a naturally
gifted guitarist. His high
school years were spent
playing in garage bands, the
school9s Americana Project
and jazz band. In addition
to playing music he also
enjoyed attending con-
certs and discovering new
artists.
He traveled at any
opportunity that arose, vis-
iting numerous countries
in both Europe and South
America as well as Hong
Kong and Guatemala,
where he intended on
spending some of his time
off. Some of his travels also
included cherished fish-
ing trips with his dad to
Alaska, another pastime he
enjoyed.
Since childhood Travis
was a voracious reader;
it would be rare to find
him without several books
at hand. In recent years,
Mylon Lee Buck, M.D.,
died peacefully at home in
Redmond on March 1. He
was 88 years old.
The first child born to
John and Othel McAdams
Buck in Arbyrd, Missouri, on
August 17, 1932, Dr. Buck
graduated from high school in
Leachville, Arkansas, where
he excelled academically and
physically, playing center
on the basketball team and
winning medals as a discus
thrower and shot-putter on
the track team. He attended
undergraduate school at
the University of Missouri,
Columbia, where he contin-
ued to excel in track and field.
He then attended Washington
University Medical School in
St. Louis, Missouri, obtaining
his M.D. in 1958.
Dr. Buck came to Eugene
for his internship at Sacred
Heart Hospital, after which,
in 1962, he built the Fairfield
Medical Clinic in the Bethel
District of Eugene, where he
established a practice along
with his brother Dr. David
Buck and others. Later,
when the specialty of family
medicine was recognized in
Oregon, Dr. Buck passed that
examination. Dr. Buck also
he became an uncle and
reveled in this new role,
always bringing his niece
and nephew books so they
would grow up sharing his
love of reading.
Travis is survived by
his mother, Rhita; sister,
Stephanie Aguirre; brother-
in-law, Joppe Aguirre; his
niece and nephew, Aviana
and Mateo; and a large
extended family of aunts,
uncles, cousins, and friends
who will forever miss his
humor, enthusiasm, and
compassion.
He was preceded in
death by his father, Ted.
There will be a ser-
vice for Travis at the fam-
ily home in Sisters on
Saturday, July 10 at 3 p.m.,
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College in Eugene from
1968-1972.
Dr. Buck authored <How
to Build a More Rewarding
Medical Practice= (1969,
Prentice Hall Publishing). Dr.
Buck was president of Lane
County Academy of General
Practice from 1969-1970. He
was also instrumental in the
foundation of Lane County
Planned Parenthood and was
president of that organiza-
tion from 1968-1970. Dr.
Buck was also a volunteer
at the White Bird Clinic. Dr.
Buck was a team physician
for Willamette High School
for 30 years (1958-1987)
and was a member of the
Bethel School Board from
1961-1963.
During his early years
in Oregon, Dr. Buck made
numerous adventurous trips
along the West Coast, from
Alaska to Mexico. He was
the ultimate outdoorsman
and enjoyed fishing, hunting,
camping, hiking, and horse
packing, as well as scuba
diving, river boating, water
skiing, and snow skiing. Dr.
Buck was inordinately fond of
his horses and dogs. Dr. Buck
was director of the Oregon
Quarter Horse Association
(1976-1981) and director of
the American Quarter Horse
Association (1978-1981).
After retiring in 1987, Dr.
Buck and his wife, Sharon,
built a house on a 40-acre
ranch in Sisters, where he
enjoyed his hobby of raising
and training racehorses.
In 2018, Dr. Buck and
Sharon sold the ranch and
moved to Redmond, where
he had time to indulge in
his love of televised sports
events.
Dr. Buck is survived by
his wife, Sharon; daugh-
ter, Dana Buck; three sis-
ters, Carol Mehaffy, Vickie
Petersen Buck, and Debra
Lula; adopted son, Bob
Hurley; adopted daughter,
Andrea Osborne; grand-
children, Carly Andrews,
Dan Golden, Helena Buck,
Michelle Hurley, Trevor
Hurley, Isaac Osborne, and
Mitchel Osborne; stepchil-
dren, Scott Bassinger and
Dana Heinrich; grandchildren
Jenny Alexander, Mackenzie
and Madison King, Nate,
Luke and Jake Bassinger; and
long-time helper, Don Banich.
Dr. Buck is also survived by
five great-grandchildren.
Dr. Buck was preceded in
death by his son, Parry Lee
Buck, brothers Dr. David
Buck and Ronald Buck, and
grandson Tyler King.
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