Rodney Buckles, 73, of Martin, S.D., passed away while in comfort care at Bennett County Hospital.
He was born November 26, 1952, in Gordon Hospital to Leo E. Buckles and Loretta Hill-Buckles.
He lived in Merriman, Neb., as a child, then moved to California with family. They then moved south of Martin and went to work for his uncle and Dad on the Buckles Ranch. When the ranch was sold, he went to wo…