Nanci (Darken) Buck

Nanci D. Buck passed away on March 12, 2024. She was born in 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. She began dancing as a young girl and was trained in classical, jazz, and Afro-Cuban dance. After high school she moved to New York City and began dancing on Broadway and in night clubs. Eventually she was selected to perform in the dance segments of the Milton Berle TV Show. She met her husband Lawrence Buck in New York City and they later moved back to Chicago.

In the 1970’s she and her husband opened church-based after school educational programs for inner city children. They continued their ministry when they moved to Hilton Head Island in 1993 and started their own church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Ellen Darken, her brother, Elwood “Woody” Darken and her husband of more than 50 years, Lawrence H. Buck. She is survived by two nephews, two stepchildren and four step grandchildren.

Funeral Service:  2:00 PM; Saturday; March 16, 2024 at Sauls Funeral Home (Bluffton, SC)

Private Burial:  Beaufort National Cemetery (Beaufort, SC)