Timothy Buckman
Type of Officer: Deputy Sheriff
Jurisdiction: Stafford County
County: Stafford
Death Date: 5/8/2007

Circumstances of Death:
Officer Buckman died as a result of his courageous effort to warn residents of approaching tornadoes on May 4, 2007. His patrol vehicle was caught by a massive tornado and flung several hundred yards from the roadway. Officer Buckman died on May 8, 2007 as a result of the injuries he suffered in that incident. Officer Buckman had served the Macksville Police Department for five years. He also served the Stafford County Sheriff's Department since 2002. Officer Buckman is survived by his wife, children, parents, sisters, grandchildren and other family members. Officer Buckman was 46 years old at the time of his death.

Bio provided by:
Bertha Avery-Hood (#46546576)

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MACKSVILLE - Robert Tim Buckman, 46, died May 8, 2007, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita, from injuries sustained in a tornado that struck Stafford County.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Macksville Christian Church, with Pastor David Crook presiding. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday at Minnis Chapel, Macksville. Burial will be in Farmington Cemetery.
He was born March 9, 1961, in Sterling, the son of Robert and Elaine Bailey Buckman. He graduated from Macksville High School in 1979. A lifetime resident of Macksville, he was a firefighter, public works employee for the city of Macksville, a Stafford County sheriff's deputy, and a Macksville city policeman.
He belonged to the Jaycees, Stafford County Fire Department, Stafford County EMS and Rescue, National Wildland Firefighters Association and the Kansas State Firefighters Association.
On June 3, 1995, he married Sally A. Jacob in Great Bend. She survives.
Other survivors include: three sons, Derick, Pratt, Kristopher Weathers, Taos, N.M., and Korbin Weathers, Macksville; two daughters, December Cole and Kylee Buckman, both of St. John; his parents, Macksville; two sisters, Teresa Osburn, Tahlequah, Okla., and Laura Stimatze, Macksville; and six grandchildren, Leasta, Hope and Caidance Buckman, Brianna Banks, Nicholas Weathers and Mattison Cole.
Memorials may be sent to the Stafford County Emergency Service Fund, in care of the funeral home.